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 monkey is an organized sarcasm upon the human race.

A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it.

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.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.