[Invading Iraq] is not the best way to make a safer world in which the United States would be a responsible partner, but it also goes against the role of law in the United States.

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.

If the October days were a cordial like the sub-acids of fruit, these are a tonic like the wine of iron. Drink deep or be careful how you taste this December vintage. The first sip may chill, but a full draught warms and invigorates.

How much there is in books that one does not want to know, that it would be a mere weariness and burden to the spirit to know.

Now is the time of the illuminated woods ... when every leaf glows like a tiny lamp.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.