The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

It is perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste.

The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their significance is vital, not formal; it is to be gathered not simply by taking the words and a dictionary, but by considering their origin and the line of their growth.

Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.

Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares.

There was never an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.

Any new formula which suddenly emerges in our consciousness has its roots in long trains of thought; it is virtually old when it first makes its appearance among the recognized growths of our intellect.