It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a preeminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.

A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.