There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.

Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.

Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.

Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.

Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.

I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.

Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?