Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles.

The history of the world shows that when a mean thing was done, man did it; when a good thing was done, man did it.

We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not know.

A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.

No man should kill himself as long as he can be of the least use to anybody, and if you cannot find some person that you are willing to do something for, find a good dog and take care of him. You have no idea how much better you will feel.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

As far as I am concerned I wish to be out on the high seas. I wish to take my chances with wind, and wave, and star. And I had rather go down in the glory and grandeur of the storm, than rot in any orthodox harbor.