"There is a wisdom of the head, and there is a wisdom of the heart."

"It is a most extraordinary, and at the same time a most natural, thing, that a man should be able to look back upon his life and see it as a whole."

"I am a man who has a good deal of respect for the law, but I have a good deal more respect for justice."

"I am a man of the world, and I know what the world is."

"Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule, rather than the exception."