“All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.”

“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”

“The way to misuse our possessions is to use them as an insurance against the morrow. Anxiety is always directed to the morrow, whereas goods are in the strictest sense meant to be used only for to-day.”

“The misuse of language induces evil in the soul”

“A sword is only as good, or as evil, as its user. In good hands it defends the helpless and brings justice. In evil hands it leaves a swath of despair and suffering. The same goes for...laws--or anything, for that matter. Either good men use them for good, or evil men use them for evil, but they are not inherently good or evil in themselves."--Wenchel”

“You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time.”