Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. – David Herbert Lawrence, White Peacock, 1911

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. – William Ralph Inge

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself. – Henry Miller, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, 1945

The doctors tell us of a physical disease called fatty degeneration of the heart… there is a moral malady—fatty degeneration of the soul; sooner or later it attacks every man, however noble his career, who puts self forward in his aims; who values fame because a personal possession. – Frank Lee Benedict, The Price She Paid, 1882