It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.

From forty to fifty a man must move upward, or the natural falling off in the vigor of life will carry him rapidly downward.

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.

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.

We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.