“Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.”

There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood.

Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.

For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we’d give blood.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.

I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me.

Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.

I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.

We can refute assertions, but who can refute silence?

One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.

The men trust in you, have faith in you, and they obey, no questions asked. That’s character in a nutshell.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Your judgement judges you and defines you.

I’ve always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being.

You know, I’m a pretty mellow guy. I’m pretty easy-going. I see everyone’s perspective.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Friend, when you speak this carefully I know it is because you don’t know what to say.