Imitation Is A Necessity Of Human Nature.

There Is In All Men A Demand For The Superlative, So Much So That The Poor Devil That Has No Other Way Of Reaching It Attains It By Getting Drunk.

Fame Is The Scentless Sunflower, With Gaudy Crown Of Gold; But Friendship Is The Rose, With Sweets In Every Fold.

General Propositions Do Not Decide Concrete Cases. The Decision Will Depend On A Judgment Or Intuition More Subtle Than Any Articulate Major Premise.

The Thing I Want To Do Is Put As Many New Ideas Into The Law As I Can, To Show How Particular Solutions Involve General Theory, And To Do It With Style. I Should Like To Be Admitted To Be The Greatest Jurist In The World.

It Is Very Grand To Die In Harness, But It Is Very Pleasant To Have The Tight Straps Unbuckled And The Heavy Collar Lifted From The Neck And Shoulders.