Anybody who is any good is different from anybody else.

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

We recognize that stare decisis embodies an important social policy that represents an element of continuity in law and is rooted in the psychological need to satisfy reasonable expectations.

It is important not to give the appearance of a predisposed mind. And it is more important not to let the mind become predisposed.

The most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Future lawyers should be more aware that law is not a system of abstract logic, but the web of arrangements, rooted in history but also in hopes, for promoting to a maximum the full use of a nation's resources and talents.