The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.