Systems die; instincts remain.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

When a man holds his tongue it does not signify much. But when a woman dispenses with the office of the mighty member, when she sheathed her natural weapon at a trying moment, it means that she trusts to still more formidable enginery; to tears it may be, a solvent more powerful than that with which Hannibal softened the alpine rocks.

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.