The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.

When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas-- that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out. That at any rate is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment. As all life is an experiment. Every year if not every day we wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

America is the only place where man is full-grown!

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.