No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counterauthority to the law.

Wir durfen nicht zulassen, da? die Starke des Rechts durch das Recht des Starkeren ersetzt wird.

'It is more than a crime; it is a political fault,' -words which I record, because they have been repeated and attributed to others.