But between you and me there should be no mention of law as the guide of conduct. Speak to me of honour, of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.

Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.

When any body of statesmen make public asservations by one or various voices, that there is no discord among them, not a dissentient voice on any subject, peop…

'I think it is so glorious,' said the American. 'There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality. That is what father says. What men ought t…

A barrister's job is to put the case for the defense as effectively and clearly as would his client if he had an advocate's skills. The barrister's belief or d…

'I feel there is honour and dignity in being sent to prison because the law says, even though I know I did what I had to do then.'

I ought never to act except in such a way that I could also will that my maxim should become a universal law.