Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.

The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.

We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion.

What has once been settled by a precedent will not be unsettled overnight, for certainty and uniformity are gains not lightly sacrificed. Above all is this true when honest men have shaped their conduct on the faith of the pronouncement.

Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a legal right to determine what shall be done with his own body.

The validity of a tax depends upon its nature, and not upon its name.

The final cause of law is the welfare of society.