Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves.

More from The Sound and the Fury

• A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired, but then time is your misfortune.
• Clocks slay time. Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
• A gentleman can live through anything.
• Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
• Between grief and nothing I will take grief.
• Even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as an honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.