Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935. Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932.

“Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.”

“It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.”

“Beware how you take away hope from another human being.”

“Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.”

“The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.”

“Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.”