Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom

We are born and we die; and between these two most important events in our lives more or less time elapses which we have to waste somehow or other. In the end it does not seem to matter much whether we have done so in making money, or practicing law, or reading or playing, or in any other way, as long as we felt we were deriving a maximum of happiness out of our doings.

Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.

Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.

The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.