Right... is the child of law.

Bodies are real entities. Surfaces and lines are but fictitious entities. A surface without depth, a line without thickness, was never seen by any man; no; nor can any conception be seriously formed of its existence.

What is it that should trace the insuperable line? ...The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good.

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.