The individual will always be a minority. If a man is in a minority of one, we lock him up.

The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of.

A man's opinions are generally of much more value than his arguments.

There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil that has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk.

Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about-you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.

Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.