There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

This is one of those views which are so absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.

When I was a boy, I had a clock with a pendulum that could be lifted off. I found that the clock went very much faster without the pendulum. If the main purpos…

What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices.

The colour I think of little moment; and am of opinion with our friend Foote, respecting his negro friend, that a good dog, like a good candidate, cannot be of…

I don't think, sir, that you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your clai…

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what thei…