The shows of the day, the dewy morning, the rainbow, mountains, orchards in blossom, stars, moonlight, shadows in still water, andthe like, if too eagerly hunted, become shows merely, and mock us with their unreality.

To a physician, each man, each woman, is an amplification of one organ.

The greater speed and success that distinguish the planting of the human race in this country, over all other plantations in history, owe themselves mainly to the new subdivisions of the State into small corporations of land and power.

There is no better way to exercise the imagination than the study of the law.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Let us replace sentimentalism by realism and dare to uncover those simple and terrible laws which, be they seen or unseen, pervade and govern.

Don't ever give up on something or someone that you can't go a full day without thinking about.