Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.

Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.

The purpose of life is to live it.

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.

Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?

I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.