To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

To perceive is to suffer.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

In the first place, I should like to state to the Tribunal that I am fully aware of the serious character of the charges against me. I know the hatred of the w…

I gave my decisions on the principles of common justice and honesty between man and man, and relied on natural born sense, and not on law, learning to guide me…

When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.