No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

I suppose that everyone of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.