"Law never made men a whit more just; and by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice."

"I perceive that, when an old man has done what he has to do, and has said what he has to say, he is as ready to go as an old clock to strike."

"To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face?"

"Dress a cow in a silk gown, and she still is a cow."

"Read not the Times. Read the Eternities."