“In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.”

“You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?"
"No, indeed!"
"You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged."
"My dear fellow! I congrat-"
"To Milverton's housemaid."
"My dear Holmes!"
"I wanted information, Watson.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Return of Sherlock Holmes

“My dear friends, I bid you farewell as your President. I remain with you as your fellow citizen!”

Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic

“Your imagination, my dear fellow, is worth more than you imagine.”

Louis Aragon (1897–1982) French poet, novelist and editor

“To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.”

Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher

“Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my travels and my dreams. Very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggles.”

Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Greek writer

“And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Dear me! If only men and women would trust, understand and help as my children do, what a capital place `the world would be!”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

“I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.”

Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) American playwright and novelist

“My dear fellow, who will let you?"
"That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher