All these problems [deciding cases] are easier for people who believe in God. Those of us who don't or can't have to do the best we can. That's what the law is, the best we can do. Human justice is imperfect, but it's the only justice we have.

I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.

First-class travel, provided one hasn't to pay for it oneself, is the most insidiously addictive of life's luxuries.

Can we ever break free of the devices and desires of our own hearts? Might not our conscience be telling us what we most want to hear?

Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.

Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.

Creativity doesn't flourish in an atmosphere of despotism, coercion and fear.