Let each man have according to his deserts.

It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

There is a difference between justice and consideration in one's relations to one's fellow men. It is the function of justice not to do wrong to one's fellow men of considerateness, not to wound their feelings.