A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.