The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be - that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.

Lawyers spend their professional careers shoveling smoke.

Nothing can be so perfect while we possess it as it will seem when remembered.

Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

If you can eat sawdust without butter, you can be a success in the law.