There was never an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.

The difference between gossip and philosophy lies only in one's way of taking a fact.

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.

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.

What I wouldn't give to be seventy again!

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 character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.