Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let me be thankful first, because I never was robbed before; second, because although they took my purse, they did not take my life; third, although they took my all, it was not much; and fourthly, because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed. – Matthew Henry (1662–1714)

I did not use paint, I made myself up morally. – Eleanora Duse, Le Gaulois, 1922

Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com