No man, deep down in the privacy of his heart, has any considerable respect for himself.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.

The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content to utter only half or two-thirds of his mind . writers of all kinds are manacled servants of the public. We write frankly and fearlessly, but then we "modify" before we print.

All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime.

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read-

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