We shall succeed only so far as we continue to undertake “the intolerable labor of thought” — that most distasteful of all our activities.

Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase ones taxes.

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.

Seldom, if ever, does wisdom come, shall we punish it if it comes late?

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.

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.

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.