Anytime you see a Hungarian, kick him. He'll know why. Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

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

Young feller, you will never appreciate the potentialities of the English language until you have heard a Southern mule driver search the soul of a mule.

Science ... in other words, knowledge-is not the enemy of religion; for, if so, then religion would mean ignorance. But it is often the antagonist of school-divinity.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

The world has its fling at lawyers sometimes, but its very denial is an admission. It feels, what I believe to be the truth, that of all secular professions this has the highest standards.

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.