"A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide."

"Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."

"A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend."

"Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air."

"The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place."

"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."

"It is a timeless truth that stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone."

"As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them."