When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.