"The bow must be strung and unstrung . . . there must be time also for the unconscious thinking which comes to the bus…"

"When a man feels that he cannot leave his work, it is a sure sign of an impending collapse."

"What I have desired to do is to make the people of Boston realize that the most important office, and the one which a…"

"It is, as a rule, far more important how men pursue their occupation than what the occupation is which they select."

"[N]o people ever did or ever can attain a worthy civilization by the satisfaction merely of material needs . . ."

"Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."

"For a while he trampled with impunity on laws human and divine; but, as he was obsessed with the delusion that two an…"

"There must be opportunities for judgment to mature. When, therefore, you increase your business to a very great exten…"

"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable."

"The intensity and complexity of life, attendant upon advancing civilization, have rendered necessary some retreat fro…"