Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.

In my opinion, economists and sociologists are the people to whom we ought to turn more than we do for instruction in the grounds and foundations of all rational decisions.

The thing I want to do is put as many new ideas into the law as I can, to show how particular solutions involve general theory, and to do it with style. I should like to be admitted to be the greatest jurist in the world.

Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.