Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.

Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men's fates are in their own hands - a faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith.

The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.

the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.

By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls.