Good men do the most harm.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

A boy's will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame.

If our minds could get hold of one abstract truth, they would be immortal so far as that truth is concerned. My trouble is to find out how we can get hold of the truth at all.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

To my fancy, one looks back on life, it has only two responsibilities, which include all the others: one is the bringing of new life into existence; the other, educating it after it is brought in. All betrayals of trust result from these original sins.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.