Membership In The Bar Is A Privilege

In Truth, I Am Nothing But A Plodding Mediocrity — Please Observe, A Plodding Mediocrity — For A Mere Mediocrity Does Not Go Very Far, But A Plodding One Gets Quite A Distance. There Is Joy In That Success, And A Distinction Can Come From Courage, Fidelity And Industry.

History, In Illuminating The Past, Illuminates The Present, And In Illuminating The Present, Illuminates The Future.

Prophecy, However Honest, Is Generally A Poor Substitute For Experience.

The Judge Is Not The Knight-errant, Roaming At Will In Pursuit Of His Own Ideal Of Beauty Or Of Goodness.

With Traps And Obstacles And Hazards Confronting Us On Every Hand, Only Blindness Or Indifference Will Fail To Turn In All Humility, For Guidance Or For Warning, To The Study Of Examples.