One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a consistent story. But no man has told so consistent a story as nature.

My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a consistent story. But no man has told so consistent a story as nature.

The law is a horrible business.

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom

The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.

Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.