Most men are satisfied if they read or hear read, and perchance have been convicted by the wisdom of one good book, the Bible, and for the rest of their lives vegetate and dissipate their faculties in what is called easy reading.

A man thinking or working will always be alone, let him be where he will.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?

I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement.