In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, the static routine of tradition continues.

Inventions become perfect by slow improvement, and each step is itself an invention.

If you only show me a part of you, I'll only love that part.

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.

The mind is the eyesight of the soul.

A 1940 Gallup poll showed 83 percent of the public was against intervention. A good pretext was needed to gain support from an intransigent public.

Men have never fully used [their] powers to advance the good in life, because they have waited upon some power external to themselves and to nature to do the work they are responsible for doing.

Wall Street is a place where the day begins with good buys.

How much are you worth? Jesus says, with his arms stretched out on the cross, "I'm willing to die for you, because you mean this much to me."

I feel like the spirit of the butterfly transferred itself to me.

The line between seduction and prostitution is very blurred, and deep down, everyone knows it.

Long ago the accusations had begun, And suddenly knew by whom it had been judged