The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption.

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.

When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development.

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.

The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.

Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people.

Heart-flow means listening to your intuition and hunches and following your heart. How can you let your heart lead today?

I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want.

In Lebanon, there was an agreement not to liquidate Yasser Arafat. In principle, I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him.

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

Redefine you. Oh God, life is so beautiful. Don't let it pass you by. Don't miss it. Don't miss it.

I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyway.

The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community.

Don't let go too soon, but don't hold on too long.

Artists will come into my office and say, "I just came from another label and they said you're research guys, you're data guys." I don't know what that means. Everybody who says that is being naive.

What makes God laugh is people who make plans.