The test of the moral quality of a civilization is its treatment of the weak and powerless.

Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization. We must put question marks along many of our inherited legal dogmas, since they are dangerously out of line with social facts.

Justice is what the judge ate for breakfast.

Only a very foolish lawyer will dare guess the outcome of a jury trial.

Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization.

Any treatment of an illness that does not also minister to the human spirit is grossly deficient.

The inexpressible is the only thing that is worthwhile.

To say I removes a false impression of a Jovian aloofness.

The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way ... an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body.

He who has never been deceived by a lie does not know the meaning of bliss.

People are often most proud of precisely those things of which they should most be ashamed.

Tap the energy of the anarchist and he will be the one to push your company ahead.

Optimism is a faith that leads to success.

One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

Often times it's really hard for me to articulate why I connect to something.

The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day.

Be bold, take courage... and be strong of soul

I thought there should in truth be heavy damages for malpractice on human souls.