The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. He of all men should behave as though the law compelled him. But it is the universal weakness of mankind that what we are given to administer we presently imagine we own.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

"The jig's up, Elman." "Which jig?"

The Angels want to wear my red shoes.

If a man stay away from his wife for seven years, the law presumes the separation to have killed him; yet according to our daily experience, it might well prolong his life.

For certain people, after fifty, litigation takes the place of sex.

We're all in this alone.