We lose the forest for the trees, forgetting, even so far as we think at all, that we are trustees for those who come after us, squandering the patrimony which we have received.

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.

Since we are men, we will play the part of Man.

The legal relations between the individual and the community which arise out of the production and distribution of property, comprise by far the greater, and more important, part of the law; subtract these and very little content would be left.

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.

Life in a great society, or for that matter in a small, is a web of tangled relations of all sorts, whose adjustment so that it may be endurable is an extraordinarily troublesome matter.

There is nothing sinister in so arranging one's affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible.