The profession of the law of which he [a judge] is a part is charged with the articulation and final incidence of the successive efforts towards justice; it must feel the circulation of the communal blood or it will wither and drop off, a useless member.

We prate of freedom; we are in deadly fear of life, as much of our own American scene betrays.

If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, we are indeed at the dawn of a new era; and much that we have deemed vital to our liberties, is a delusion.

In america, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.

The successful competitor, having been urged to compete, must not be turned upon when he wins.

Here I am an old man in a long nightgown making muffled noises at people who may be no worse than I am.