 Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up. |
| Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend. |
| A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them! |
| Stupidity often saves a man from going mad. |
| Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool. |
| We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing. |
| If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate. |
| Every calling is great when greatly pursued. |
| The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. |
| Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. |
| Have the courage to act instead of react. Topics: Courage |
| Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks. |
| Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. |
| A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. |
| Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. |
| Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. |
| Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other. |
| Don't be "consistent" but be simple true. |
| The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. |
| A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve. |
