No matter whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme court follows th' iliction returns.

In childhood a woman must be subject to her father; in youth to her husband; when her husband is dead, to her sons. A woman must never be free of subjugation.

[Americans] are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.

Fortune Documents the Great Legal Decisions: We think that we may take judicial notice of the fact that the term "bitch" may imply some feeling of endearment when applied to a female of the canine species but that it is seldom, if ever, so used whe

"If we relied conclusively on scientific data for every one of our findings, I'm afraid all of our work would be inconclusive."

"Yes, that was Richard Nixon. He used to be President. When he left the White House, the Secret Service would count the silverware."

A furore Normanorum libera nos, O Domine! [From the fury of the norsemen deliver us, O Lord!]

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

Three minutes' thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.

What!? Me worry?

Why my thoughts are my own, when they are in, but when they are out they are another's.

Business will be either better or worse.

The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

"Cable is not a luxury, since many areas have poor TV reception."

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.

A yawn is a silent shout.

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

We'll be recording at the Paradise Friday night. Live, on the Death label.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Everyone is in the best seat.

Playing an unamplified electric guitar is like strumming on a picnic table.