Law has no skin, reason has no nostrils.

Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows--it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces.

The Filipino loves his country no less than the Spaniard does his, and although he is quieter, more peaceful and with more difficulty stirred up, once aroused …

Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.

Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.

Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed.

Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.