Human beings betray their worst failings when they marvel to find that a world ruler is neither foolishly… — Marguerite Yourcenar

There is more than one kind of wisdom, and all are essential in the world; it is not bad that they should alternate.

Any law too often subject to infraction is bad; it is the duty of the legislator to repeal or change it.

Our civil laws will never be supple enough to fit the immense and changing variety of facts. Laws change more slowly than custom, and though dangerous when they fall behind the times are more dangerous still when they presume to anticipate custom.