Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.

There are three natural anaesthetics: Sleep, fainting, and death.

A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure.

It takes me several days, after I get back to Boston, to realize that the reference "the president" refers to the president of Harvard and not to a minor official in Washington.

A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or to vary the figure, a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of his greatness consists in his being there.

And silence, like a poultice, comes To heal the blows of sound.