“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”

“Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed as soon as possible, still, while they continue in force, for the sake of example they should be religiously observed.”

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”

“A farce or comedy is best played; a tragedy is best read at home.”

“If I do good, I feel good...If I do bad, I feel bad”

“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”