The Constant Assumption Runs Throughout The Law

Not Honesty Alone, But The Punctilio Of An Honor The Most Sensitive, Is Then The Standard Of Behavior.

The Great Ideals Of Liberty And Equality Are Preserved Against The Assaults Of Opportunism, The Expediency Of The Passing Hour, The Erosion Of Small Encroachments, The Scorn And Derision Of Those Who Have No Patience With General Principles.

Consequences Cannot Alter Statutes, But May Help To Fix Their Meaning.

Rest And Motion, Unrelieved And Unchecked, Are Equally Destructive.

There Are Vogues And Fashions In Jurisprudence As In Literature And Art And Dress.