I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two
thousand sesterces. How is it that you read more

I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two
thousand sesterces. How is it that you have sent me only a
thousand? "You said nothing," you tell me; "and this cause was
lost through you." You ought to give me so much the more,
Sextus, as I had to blush for you.

Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all read more

Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things,
integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of
few.
[It., Bisogna che i read more

There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of
few.
[It., Bisogna che i giudici siano assai, perche pochi sempre
fanno a modo de' pochi.]

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.

I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and
Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of read more

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and
Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden read more

It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the
crooked cord of discretion.

The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the
facts.
[Lat., Judicis officium est read more

The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the
facts.
[Lat., Judicis officium est ut res ita tempora rerum
Quaerere.]

The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.

The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.