Law grows, and though the principles of law remain unchanged, yet (and it is one of the advantages of the common law) their application is to be changed with the changing circumstances of the times. Some persons may call this retrogression, I call it progression of human opinion.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

The once red leaf, the last of its clan, that dances as often as dance it can.

Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.

To admire on principle is the only way to imitate without loss of originality.

Why is it that so many of us persist in thinking that autumn is a sad season? Nature has merely fallen asleep, and her dreams must be beautiful if we are to judge by her countenance.