The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.

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

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.

I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull.

Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

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