Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.

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

There was never an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.

Modesty and reverence are no less virtues of freemen than the democratic feeling which will submit neither to arrogance nor to servility.

Lawyers spend their professional careers shoveling smoke.