The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Religion is using everything for God.

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.