There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.

In the great flood of human life that is spawned upon the earth, it is not often that a man is born.

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

I cannot tell and I shall never know how many words of mine might have given birth to cruelty in place of love and kindness and charity.

The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth

There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.

It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.