“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”

“Well, so much for the D’Abruzzi Pussy Legacy. Is nothing sacred?”

“Everyone leaves a legacy, whether they want to or not. The question is, “What kind of legacy will you leave?”

“Rich and famous and doing good," mused Schlichtmann. "Rich isn't so difficult. Famous isn't so difficult. Rich and famous together aren't so difficult. Rich, famous, and doing good--now, that's very difficult.”

“...the Germans love frankness and honesty. It is so convenient to be frank and honest. This confidingness, this complacence, this showing the cards of German honesty, is probably the most dangerous and most successful disguise which the German is up to nowadays.”

“Anyone can leave a legacy of hate, anger or secrets … It takes great strength of character to leave an honest legacy of love.”