“Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion”

When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently invisibly.

Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing.

For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

Education is free. Freedoom of education shall be enjoyed under the condition fixed by law and under the supreme control of the state.

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.

Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.

Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.

A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed.

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don’t like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don’t expect freedom to survive very long.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.