Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. [ Samuel Johnson ]

As hasty as Hopkins, that came to jail over-night, and was hanged the next morning. [ Proverb ]

There was a proposition in a township there to discontinue public schools because they were too expensive. An old farmer spoke up and said if they stopped the schools they would not save anything, because every time a school was closed a jail had to be built. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. He'll never get fat. I believe it is better to support schools than jails. [ Mark Twain, "Public Education Association" Speech ]