No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does

Religion is a great force - the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get at a man through his own religion and not through yours.

Once there was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time is called the Dark Ages. He who can, does. He who cannot teaches.

If all the statisticians in the world were laid head to toe, they wouldn't be able to reach a conclusion

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.

The worst cliques are those which consist of one man.

The law is equal before all of us; but we are not all equal before the law. Virtually there is one law for the rich and another for the poor, one law for the cunning and another for the simple, one law for the forceful and another for the feeble, one law for the ignorant and another for the learned, one law for the brave and another for the timid, and within family limits one law for the parent and no law at all for the child.