Trial by jury is the palladium of our liberties. I do not know what a palladium is, but I am sure it is a good thing!

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

A half-educated physician is not valuable. He thinks he can cure everything.

I have traveled more than anyone else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it.

It was in 1590--winter. Austria was far away from the world, and asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and promised to remain so forever. Some even set it away back centuries upon centuries and said that by the mental and spiritual clock it was still the Age of Belief in Austria. But they meant it as a compliment, not a slur, and it was so taken, and we were all proud of it. I remember it well, although I was only a boy; and I remember, too, the pleasure it gave me.