The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.
Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.
People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
To think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists.
The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.
Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.