An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.

Word it as softly as you please, the spirit of patriotism is the spirit of the dog and wolf. The moment there is a misunderstanding about a boundary line or a hamper of fish or some other squalid matter, see patriotism rise, and hear him split the universe with is war-whoop. The spirit of patriotism being in its nature jealous and selfish, is just in man's line, it comes natural to him - he can live up to all its requirements to the letter; but the spirit of Christianity is not in its entirety possible to him.

...fry me an optimist for breakfast.

Good wine needs no bush; a jug is the thing.

The law is a system that protects everybody who can afford to hire a good lawyer.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

Don't wake up a woman in love. Let her dream, so that she does not weep when she returns to her bitter reality