A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.

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 most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic.

The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.

Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.