“Lieber Gott, falls es einen Gott gibt, rette meine Seele, falls ich eine Seele habe.”

“Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.”

“Sagt nicht: "Ich habe den Pfad der Seele gefunden." Sagt lieber: "Ich habe die Seele auf meinem Pfad wandelnd getroffen."Denn die Seele wandelt auf allen Pfaden.”

“When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it. The highest type of man may revert to the animal if he leaves the straight road of destiny.”

“I love and am loved by a better man than he.”

“My friend's wiry arms were around me and he was leading me to the chair."You're not hurt, Watson? For God's sake say that you're not hurt!"It was worth a wound -it was worth many wounds- to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay beyond that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain.”

“If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of the imagination.”