Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

The Law, wherein, as in a magic mirror we see reflected not only our own lives, but the lives of all men that have been! When I think of this majestic theme my eyes dazzle.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

Speak clearley, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.