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

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

A person of genius should marry a person of character.

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

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.

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

The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas [and] the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.