The history of what the law has been is necessary to the knowledge of what the law is.

Where we stand is not as important as the direction in which we are moving.

A man's opinions are generally of much more value than his arguments.

Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it.

To us who remain behind is left this day of memories. Every year--in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of flowers and love and life--there comes a pause, and through the silence we hear the lonely pipe of death.

I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of.