"The greatest advantage of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it."

"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."

"A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others."

"The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel or man come in danger by it."

"Judges ought to remember that their office is jus dicere, and not jus dare; to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law."