The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.

A prison is confining to the body, but whether it affects the mind, depends entirely upon the mind.

If a man really has charge of his destiny at all, he should have something to say about getting born; and I only came through by a hair's-breadth. What had I to do with this momentous first step? In the language of the lawyer, I was not even a party of the second part.

Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.

No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.

There are two things that kill a genius - a fatal disease and contentment.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.