Every human being has inside them something more important than him or herself - his or her Gift.
Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.
In the end the great truth will have been learned that the quest is greater than what is sought, the effort finer that the prize (or rather, that the effort is the prize), the victory cheap and hollow were it not for the rigor of the game.
Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.
Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.
The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long run prosperity and salvation are in union and not division.
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.
I am not my self, I am the result of all my ancestors.
The greatest grace of a gift, perhaps, is that it anticipates and admits of no return.
While women once acquired relationship skills to "hook," "snare," or "catch" a husband who would provide access to economic security and social status, the position of contemporary women has not changed that radically. Much of our success still depends on our attunement to "male culture," our ability to please men, and our readiness to conform to the masculine values of our institutions.
In a life which has meaning in it, past and future sustain each other.