We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.

The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city.

A man's opinions are generally of much more value than his arguments.

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.

It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind. The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the fallopian tubes. Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.