Gray are all the theories, But green is the tree of life.

If we could do away with death, we wouldn't object; to do away with capital punishment will be more difficult. Were that to happen, we would reinstate it from time to time.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words.

Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,--that of being judged by their peers.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.