Oliver Wendell Holmes

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

The law embodies the story of a nation's development through many centuries, and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics.

The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

The flowering moments of the mind Drop half their petals in our speech.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that love us.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.