I retire to make way for an abler man. In my four years as attorney general I have aged about ten years, but when I have get back to the practice of law, I hope to show those lawyers that I still have some vitality left.

You know when I was depressed I said I didn't want to live? Well, I'll tell you something - I didn't want to die.

The world could not long ignore a holy church. The church is not despised because it is holy: it is despised because it is not holy enough. There is not enough difference between the people inside the church and those outside to be impressive. A church in which saints were as common as now they are rare would convict the world, if only by contrast. Sanctity cannot be ignored. Even a little bit is potent. So far from the gates of hell prevailing against it, it hammers on their triple steel.

O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners!

The voters of Brookhaven Town made a clear choice to turn away from the corruption and problems of the past, .. I will end corruption in Town Hall once and for all. I've been fighting for this all my life.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

The happiest and most contented people are those who each day perform to make the best of their abilities.