The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Old age is like an opium dream. Nothing seems real except the unreal.

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.

The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their significance is vital, not formal; it is to be gathered not simply by taking the words and a dictionary, but by considering their origin and the line of their growth.

A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure.

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.

Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention.