An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.