There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over knowledge; there is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

Some people think black is the color of heaven, and that the more they can make their faces look like midnight, the more evidence they have of grace. But God, who made the sun and the flowers, never sent me to proclaim to you such a lie as that.

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

Liberty is the soul's right to breathe.

If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.

If you attempt to beat a man down and to get his goods for less than a fair price, you are attempting to commit burglary, as much as though you broke into his shop to take the things without paying for them.

That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.