Pity is not natural to man. Children are always cruel. Savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

Attack is the reaction. I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.

Rain is good for vegetables, and for the animals who eat those vegetables, and for the animals who eat those animals.

To build is to be robbed.