It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.

Credit is a young man's capital.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.