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.

Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.

On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part.

Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.

The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.

Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry.