Death was a beginning and not an end; it was the morning of the spirit. Tired bodies lay down to sleep and their souls wakened to the morning, rested; the first fruits of them that slept.

Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

To men and women who want to do things, there is nothing quite so driving as the force of an imprisoned ego. . . . All genius comes from this class.

McKnight is gradually taking over the criminal end of the business.

I suppose it is because woman's courage is mental and man's physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing.

because we are always staring at the stars, we learn the shortness of our arms.