The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his...

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's...

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.