Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?

I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked?

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.

Remorse is the pain of sin.

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.

It really is a day job, and it also seems to have virtually disappeared-with no remorse, really. It gives me more time to paint.

Remorse for what? You people have done everything in the world to me. Doesn't that give me equal right?

Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.

Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.