The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.

I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of.

Imitation is a necessity of human nature.

The law is the witness and external deposit of our moral life. Its history is the history of the moral development of the race.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

When a man holds his tongue it does not signify much. But when a woman dispenses with the office of the mighty member, when she sheathed her natural weapon at a trying moment, it means that she trusts to still more formidable enginery; to tears it may be, a solvent more powerful than that with which Hannibal softened the alpine rocks.

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.