"The reason of idleness and of crime..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.”

“Good nature is stronger than tomahawks.”

“A man in pursuit of greatness feels no little wants.”

“The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them.”

“But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a constantand imperishable moral, and to the scholar it yields a classic result.”

“It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to vanquish the rest. Even idleness, as feeble and languishing as it is, sometimes reigns over them; it usurps the throne and sits paramount over all the designs and actions of our lives, and imperceptibly wastes and destroys all our passions and all our virtues.”

“For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory.”

“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty!, guilty!”

“Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.”