Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith.

Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about - you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer.

If you can eat sawdust without butter, you can be a success in the law.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares.

I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.

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