We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

The power of the executive to cast a man into prison ... without formulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers is in the highest degree odious and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important although difficult is the highroad to pride self-esteem and personal satisfaction.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.