The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. Bleak House

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Man's Search For Meaning

Once it's been proved to you that you're descended from an ape, it's no use pulling a face; just accept it. Once they've proved to you that a single droplet of your own fat must be dearer to you than a hundred thousand of your fellow human beings and consequently that all so-called virtues and duties are nothing but ravings and prejudices, then accept that too, because there's nothing to be done. Notes from Underground

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. Ceaser and Cleopatra