I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

One broken hind leg,” he went on. “Three broken ribs, one at least of which has pierced the lungs. He has lost nearly all the blood in his body. There is a large likelihood of internal injuries. He must have been jumped upon. To say nothing of three bullet holes clear through him. One chance in a thousand is really optimistic. He hasn’t a chance in ten thousand.

The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.