Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not crimes.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

I have only one counsel for you -- be master.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

It is far more important that one's life should be perceived than it should be transformed; for no sooner has it been perceived, than it transforms itself of its own accord.

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.