I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.

Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.

The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth

Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.

In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.

Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause . . . True courage and manhood come from the consciousness of the right attitude toward the world, the faith in one's purpose, and the sufficiency of one's own approval as a justification for one's own acts.