“What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.”

Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God.

The welfare of the people is the highest law.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.

The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.

We are all servants of the laws in order to be free.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

While there’s life, there’s hope.

Freedom is participation in power.

It is a great thing to know your vices.

For walk where we will, we tread upon some story.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Books: our unfailing companions.

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

It is a crime not to try to move ahead with fear, leaving your dreams in the middle. Your fear makes you commit this crime.

I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!

Low aim, not failure, is the crime.

Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.

The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.