When you prevent me from doing anything I want to do, that is persecution; when I prevent you from doing anything you want to do, that is law, order, and morals.

No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave? If you come back, come back for the sake of good fellowship; for you’ll get nothing else.

When God created man and woman, he did not take a patent. That's why any imbecile has been able to do so ever since.

I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.

I want to be all used up when I die.

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

If you go to Heaven without being naturally qualified for it you will not enjoy yourself there.