The opinion of all lawyers, the unanimous cry of the nation, and the good of the state, are in themselves a law.

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

The way to become boring is to say everything.

If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics.

It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going further: I say that we should regard all men as our brothers. What? The Turk my brother? The Chinaman my brother? The Jew? The Siam? Yes, without doubt; are we not all children of the same father and creatures of the same God?