"Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais."

"Nothing succeeds like success."

"“Is that important?” “Everything is important till proven otherwise.”"

"A robot, the man had said, is logical but not reasonable."

"There isn’t an instinct around that can’t give way to a good, persistent education. Not in human beings, where instin…"

"“Ah, the future good!” Leebig’s eyes glowed with passion and he seemed to grow less conscious of his listener and cor…"

"There are degrees of justice, Elijah. When the lesser is incompatible with the greater, the lesser must give way."

"Remember, you once said, Lije, that people sometimes mistake their own shortcomings for those of society and want to …"

"He had writer's block once. It was the worst ten minutes of his life."

"I have been trying, friend Julius, to understand some remarks Elijah made to me earlier. Perhaps I am beginning to, f…"