Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.
Rufus ChoateWe have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution.
Rufus ChoateI will look, your Honor, and endeavor to find a precedent, if you require it; though it would seem to be a pity that the Court should lose the honor of being the first to establish so just a rule.
Rufus Choate