It is a worthy thing to fight for ones freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath.

Oh Death where is thy sting! It has none. But life has.

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.

Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

The noblest work of God? Man. Who found it out? Man.

It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right.