“Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself.”

“The end did not justify the means, but justifiable means that brought about a fair and necessary conclusion were not to be dismissed.”

“Men and women walked casually about as they did on the main floor, every now and then stopping one another, exchanging pleasantries or scraps of relevantly irrelevant information. Gossip.”

“The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.”

“Learn always but never appear to be learning.”

“What a man can't remember doesn't exist for him.”

“A man's weaknesses may intrude on his faith but they do not diminish it.”