O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.