A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

Life, not the parson, teaches conduct.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

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

Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.

A person of genius should marry a person of character.