If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State.

No artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a hundred years before the thing begins to sort itself out.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.

It is good discretion not make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.

Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.