I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

If someone hurts you, he is hurting himself. He may not be able to escape that hurt in his lifetime.

These were formative years for me, and many of these experiences have had a profound effect on my life.

From the moment they’d met, their friendship had been leading to more…

The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.

There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters.

I'd rather wonder than get answers I couldn't live with.

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.

The only journey of knowledge is from the depth of one being to the heart of another.

South Carolina is a great place to be from.

Polka dots can't stay alone. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots we become part of the unity of our environments.