True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.
William Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldConsider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.
William Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldI wish popularity, but it is that popularity which follows; not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means.
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield