Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.
Certitude is not the test of certainty.
Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
[The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment.
The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.