“There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.”

“Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey.”

“The marvel is that such an idea, the idea of the necessity of God, could enter the head of such a savage beast as man. So holy it is, so touching, so wise and so great a credit is to man.”

“Beast?" Jane murmured. "Then God make me a beast; for, man or beast, I am yours.”

“Greed is like a dark side of every man, and you could not see it from the appearance of a man, but in the inside the greedy beast already dominating you.”

“He was a ferocious man. He had been ill-made in the making. He had not been born right, and he had not been helped any by the molding he had received at the hands of society. The hands of society are harsh, and this man was a striking sample of its handiwork. He was a beast - a human beast, it is true, but nevertheless so terrible a beast that he can best be characterized as carnivorous.”