“And therfore, at the kynges court, my brother,
Ech man for hymself, ther is noon other.”

“Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can.
Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.”

“Nowher so bisy a man as he ther nas,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.”

“I don't see what women see in other women," I'd told Doctor Nolan in my interview that noon. "What does a woman see in a woman that she can't see in a man?"
Doctor Nolan paused. Then she said, "Tenderness.”

“A fiduciary duty to one's brothers is not something that need bind the hand of any man if he can satisfy the Court on the balance of probabilities that, through his actions, he would get some.”

“My brother and I have, after many years, achieved our importance to each other as a difference. Because it is sometimes difficult for my brother to climb the steps to my apartment, he will often come by and we will sit in his car and talk. We quite enjoy one another’s company. My brother is no less a good man for not believing in God; and I am no better a man because I believe. It is simply that religion gives me a sense—no, not a sense, a reason, no, not exactly a reason, an understanding—that everyone matters.”

“Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.”

“Ther are not two sides to any question that really concerns a man, but only one, and this side only a fool can fail to see if he tries.”

“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.”

“At risk of arousing the resentment of my colored brothers, I will say that the black is not a man.”