The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
There are two things that kill a genius: a fatal disease and contentment.
A prison is confining to the body, but whether it affects the mind, depends entirely upon the mind.
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
Everything serious that he says is a joke and everything humorous that he says is dead serious.
A jury is more apt to be unbiased and independent than a court, but they very seldom stand up against strong public clamor. Judges naturally believe the defendant is guilty.
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate.
I cannot tell and I shall never know how many words of mine might have given birth to cruelty in place of love and kindness and charity.
Cheating, having ‘hoes,’ none of that is cute. To be honest, it’s really immature. I don’t see how people take pride in breaking someone’s heart. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.
The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.
The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.
The consideration and kindness shown by unfortunates to each other are surprising to those who have no experience with this class of men. Often to find real sympathy you must go to those who know what misery means.
The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
Those who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.