I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of.

Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

From forty to fifty a man must move upward, or the natural falling off in the vigor of life will carry him rapidly downward.

The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.

General propositions do not decide concrete cases. The decision will depend on a judgment or intuition more subtle than any articulate major premise.

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.