Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them.

Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty.

The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.

The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home . . .: reading by the fireside. . . . Listening to music.

Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin.

He is free who knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.