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

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

It is for ordinary minds, not for psychoanalysts, that our rules of evidence are framed. They have their source very often in considerations of administrative convenience, or practical expediency, and not in rules of logic.

The final cause of law is the welfare of society.

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

Rest and motion, unrelieved and unchecked, are equally destructive.

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.