To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

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.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!