The one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself.
The law’s a necessary evil—we canna be doing without it—but do ye not think it a poor substitute for conscience?
The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don’t understand it.[Das Gesetz ist einzig und allein gemacht zur Ausbeutung derer, die es nicht verstehen.]
The law was a frail rod, meant to be bent to suit the needs of his clients.
The law is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the nonlegal mind.
The greatest problem for the human species, the solution of which nature compels him to seek, is that of attaining a civil society which can administer justice universally.[Das größte Problem für die Menschengattung, zu dessen Auflösung die Natur ihn zwingt, ist die Erreichung einer allgemein das Recht verwaltenden bürgerlichen Gesellschaft.]
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom: for in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
The chief foundations of all states, whether new, old, or mixed, are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms, and where there are good arms there should be good laws.
The Beautiful is a manifestation of secret laws of nature, which, without its presence, would never have been revealed.
The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.
Our destiny rules over us, even when we are not yet aware of it; it is the future that makes laws for our today.
