Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering, the barriers against possession not so insurmountable, the urge to accomplish the desire less keen. With some, inhibitions and urges may be neutralized by other tendencies. But with every being the primal emotions are there. All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

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

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

The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.

Sympathy is the child of imagination

Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.