As there is much beast and some devil in man, so is there some angel and some God in him. The beast and the devil may be conquered, but in this life never destroyed.

There is small chance of truth at the goal, where there is not childlike humility at the starting-post.

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.

Prayer is the very highest energy of which the mind is capable.

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life.

Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.