There is a little plant called reverence in the corner of my soul's garden, which I love to have watered once a week.

But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market... That at any rate is the theory of our constitution.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

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

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society