The Trouble With Law Is Lawyers.

The Lowest Standards Of Ethics Of Which A Right-thinking Man Can Possibly Conceive Is Taught To The Common Soldier Whose Trade Is To Shoot His Fellow Men. In Youth He May Have Learned The Command, 'thou Shalt Not Kill,' But The Ruler Takes The Boy Just As He Enters Manhood And Teaches Him That His Highest Duty Is To Shoot A Bullet Through His Neighbor's Heart - And This, Unmoved By Passion Or Feeling Or Hatred, And Without The Least Regard To Right Or Wrong, But Simply Because His Ruler Gives The Word.

I Go To A Better Tailor Than Any Of You And Pay More For My Clothes. The Only Difference Is That You Probably Don't Sleep In Yours.

We Know Life Is Futile. A Man Who Considers That His Life Is Of Very Wonderful Importance Is Awfully Close To A Padded Cell.

The Origin Of The Absurd Idea Of Immortal Life Is Easy To Discover; It Is Kept Alive By Hope And Fear, By Childish Faith, And By Cowardice.

Some False Representations Contravene The Law; Some Do Not. The Law Does Not Pretend To Punish Everything That Is Dishonest. That Would Seriously Interfere With Business, And, Besides, Could Not Be Done. The Line Between Honesty And Dishonesty Is A Narrow, Shifting One And Usually Lets Those Get By That Are The Most Subtle And Already Have More Than They Can Use.