Fantastic Fables

The Warden of a Penitentiary was one day putting locks on the doors of all the cells when a mechanic said to him: 

“Those locks can all be opened from the inside — you are very imprudent.”

The Warden did not look up from his work, but said: 

“If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes of fortune.”