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Hence the necessity that he should have been well trained in habits, who is to study, with any tolerable chance of profit, the principles of nobleness and justice and moral philosophy generally.

No man is so formed that he can be left entirely to himself, to go his own ways; everyone needs to be guided by a preconceived plan, and to follow certain general rules.

There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that a man cannot forget,--but not himself, his own character.

our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

The men you see spending most of their time looking for higher and more lucrative positions are, nine times out of ten, men who have made worthless failures in other places.

You will constantly be surprised to find how little you really know about your work, and how much more somebody else knows about it than you do.

Although our intellect always feels itself urged towards clearness and certainty, still our mind often feels itself attracted by uncertainty.

Mere intelligence is still not courage, for we often see the cleverest people devoid of resolution.

There are persons who possess the keenest perception for the most difficult problems, who are also not fearful of responsibility, and yet in cases of difficulty cannot come to a resolution.

The question is whether a statute authorizing such proceedings in restraint of publication is consistent with the conception of the liberty of the press as historically conceived and guaranteed.

It’s also about knowing what you know and what you don’t know. It’s about being open to people and ideas.

So I ask you today: How many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes?

Our constitutional system amply provides for the protection of minorities by means other than giving them majority control of state legislatures.

When I see the spirit of liberty in action, I see a strong principle at work; and this, for a while, is all I can possibly know of it.

See that you do nothing like a sheep; but if you do, in this case also the man is lost.

To state the problem is to recall the truth that no single principle can answer all of life's complexities.

As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity.

Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.

There are times when the future seems thick as a fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mists will lift and reveal the right path.

It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.

The law, whether human or divine, is no respecter of persons; but the law is a respecter of reality.

Joy deserted my heart, and for a long, long time I lived in doubt, anxiety and fear.

Man is only what he becomes--profound truth; but he becomes only what he is, truth still more profound.

Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.