Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws.
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?