The final cause of law is the welfare of society.
Opinion has a significance proportioned to the sources that sustain it.
Justice, though due to the accused, is due the accuser also. The concept of fairness cannot be strained till it is narrowed to a filament. We are to keep our balance true.
Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.
We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion.
Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.