It is mere childishness to expect men to believe as their fathers did; that is, if they have any minds of their own. The world is a whole generation older and wiser than when the father was of his son's age.

The world has its fling at lawyers sometimes, but its very denial is an admission. It feels, what I believe to be the truth, that of all secular professions this has the highest standards.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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

Be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out.

[The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment.

Man has will, but woman has her way.