All human desire is poised on an axis of paradox, absence and presence its poles, love and hate its motive energies.
Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.
There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.
Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn.
He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.
He (Jackie Robinson) was the greatest competitor I've ever seen. I've seen him beat a team with his bat, his ball, his glove, his feet and, in a game in Chicago one time, with his mouth.
Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation.
Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth of their loneliness, and they are capable of laughing like hyenas. When something touches their emotions, it runs through them like Paul Revere, awakening feelings that gather into great armies.
To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.