After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.

Christmas is here, Merry old Christmas, Gift-bearing Christmas, Day of grand memories, King of the year!

It is almost startling to hear this warning of departed time sounding among the tombs, and telling the lapse of the hour, which, like a billow, has rolled us onward towards the grave.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.