"If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion."

"If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved."

"When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it's called ferocity."

"An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means.There is no such thing in the country."

"There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it."

"Martyrdom is the only way a person can become famous without ability."

"Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own."

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.... While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it."

"A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation."

"The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted."

"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now -- always."

"There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn."