The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not quite sure it is right.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women.

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.

Reputation, like a face, is the symbol of its possessor and creator, and another can use it only as a mask.

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.

Skepticism is my only gospel, but I don't want to make a dogma out of it.

Those of us who have come to years of discretion and more, must often take to retrospect, and seek to appraise the outcome of our lives.