This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept it as legitimately my master.

Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.

Modesty and reverence are no less virtues of freemen than the democratic feeling which will submit neither to arrogance nor to servility.

The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.

Be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out.

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.