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 perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste.

Systems die; instincts remain.

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.

A person of genius should marry a person of character.

The joy of life is to put out one's power in some natural and useful or harmless way. There is no other. And the real misery is not to do this.

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.