Every lawyer of experience comes to know (more or less unconsciously) that in the great majority of cases, the precedents are none too good as bases of prediction. Somehow or other, there are plenty of precedents to go around.
To say I removes a false impression of a Jovian aloofness.
Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization.
Only a very foolish lawyer will dare guess the outcome of a jury trial.
The inexpressible is the only thing that is worthwhile.
To the somnambulist, sleep-walking may seem more pleasant and less hazardous than wakeful walking, but the latter is the wiser mode of locomotion in the congested traffic of a modern community. It is about time to abandon judicial somnambulism.