Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up.

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

Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about - you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer.

Reason may be the lever, but sentiment gives you the fulcrum and the place to stand on if you want to move the world.

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.

Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

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