How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.

No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.

Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.