An older author is constantly rediscovering himself in the more or less fossilized productions of his earlier years.
The life of the law has not been logic it has been experience.
Thou oh my country hast thy foolish ways Too apt to purr at every stranger's praise.
The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.
A general flavour of mild decay but nothing local as one may say.
Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.
Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.
Speak clearly if you speak at all Carve every word before you let it fall.
We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye the more light you pour upon it the more it will contract.
Lawyers spend a great deal of time shovelling smoke.
You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have claims on man and to the man with special talents this is a very special claim. It is required that...
Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.
Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. The author may arrange the gems effectively but their shape and lustre ha...
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cock-sure of many things that were not so.
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.