Blameless in Abaddon

Bitterness is not a philosophy, friend. Outrage is not an ethic. Stop counting corpses and reach a truce with the universe, or you’ll be stuck on the dung heap forever.

To close the gap between jurisprudence and justice would require a canon of a hundred million laws.

Love does strange things to a man’s sense of proportion, which is why—contrary to rumor—it is by no means the Devil’s least favorite emotion.

As usual, He underestimated the human potential for self-deception.

In my protracted sojourn on this planet, Mr. Candle, I have come to value three commodities above all others: good books, decent claret, and worthy opponents.

Although covetousness is not my only flaw, it seems to cause me more pain than all my other sins combined.