The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.

The only condition of peace in this world is to have no ideas, or, at least not to express them.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.

The preacher's garment is cut according to the pattern of that of the hearers, for the most part.