Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

Nothing can be so perfect while we possess it as it will seem when remembered.

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.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

It's a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.

To rest upon a formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death.