The gladsome light of jurisprudence.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.

Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.

Reason is the life of the law.

The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.

Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.

He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.

The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.

Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn.

I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn.

So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.

There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.

We seek the fire of the spark that is already within us.

In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art.

You can never be fit enough for this game.

There are always pressures on decision-makers other than just what is right or what is wrong.

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.

If you love and serve man, you cannot, by any hiding or stratagem, escape remuneration.

I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on.