The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera.

What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.

The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not hear a damned word he says.

I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of a beloved mother... sink deep in the heart, and make an impression which is seldom entirely effaced.

To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield more than it gets in return.

The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well