Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression.
The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may.
In a perfect world, I don't think any man should slap anyone.
These deserters were our undoing. I shall have a good deal more to say about them before I finally lay down my pen, and I shall not hesitate to call them by their true name, the name with which they will be for ever branded before all the nations of the world.
Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.
When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.
People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.