Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.
The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of building materials.
Always do what's right. That will gratify some and surprise the rest.