The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.

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.

The good old days were never that good believe me. The good new days are today and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.

So live your life of obedience and of war! What matter about long life! What warrior wisheth to be spared!

Leaders are readers, and readers are leaders.

We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America.

We all know that small cars are good for us. But so is cod liver oil. And jogging.

There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.

I've spent a lot of time in prisons, first doing legal work and later, teaching.

I would be hard-pressed to look back at anything that I have done in my career and not say, "I would have done that a little different" because hindsight is 20/20.

Men are not on such intimate terms with the sublime that they really can believe in it

New York is the only real city-city.