A Self-made Man May Prefer A Self-made

Life Is Not A Thing Of Knowing Only--nay, Mere Knowledge Has Properly No Place At All Save As It Becomes The Handmaiden Of Feeling And Emotions.

The Aim Of Law Is The Maximum Gratification Of The Nervous System Of Man.

There Is No Surer Way To Misread Any Document Than To Read It Literally. As Nearly As We Can, We Must Put Ourselves In The Place Of Those Who Uttered The Words, And Try To Divine How They Would Have Dealt With The Unforeseen Situation; And, Although Their Words Are By Far The Most Decisive Evidence Of What They Would Have Done, They Are By No Means Final.

Skepticism Is My Only Gospel, But I Don't Want To Make A Dogma Out Of It.

We Recently Had A Referendum In New York About Extending The Forest Preserve. The City Voted For It By A Large Majority; Yet As I Walk The Streets I Do Not See Afforestation Written With Conviction On The Harried Faces Of My Fellow Citizens.