Petty laws breed great crimes.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia read more

Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se
igitur expetitur.]

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if read more

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices read more

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices are not diminished and their intelligence is not increased

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set read more

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.

It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.

It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.