We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the relative paucity of the restraints it imposes on him.

In societies of low civilization, there is no money.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

It is the function of parents to see that their children habitually experience the true consequences of their conduct.