Depend upon it, a duel is never amiss." "I don't know what you mean by a higher-tempered time," said Newman.
"Because your great-grandfather was an ass, is that any reason why you should be?
For my part I think we had better let our temper take care of itself; it generally seems to me quite high enough; I am not afraid of being too meek.

If your great-grandfather were to make himself unpleasant to me, I think I could manage him yet." "My dear friend," said Valentin, smiling, "you can't invent anything that will take the place of satisfaction for an insult.

To demand it and to give it are equally excellent arrangements." "Do you call this sort of thing satisfaction ?" Newman asked.

"Does it satisfy you to receive a present of the carcass of that coarse fop?
does it gratify you to make him a present of yours?
If a man hits you, hit him back; if a man libels you, haul him up." "Haul him up, into court?
Oh, that is very nasty!" said Valentin.
"The nastiness is his--not yours.

And for that matter, what you are doing is not particularly nice.