Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Without being the most confident person in the world, I think I am the right person for Liverpool.

‚Do you spell it with a ‚V‘ or a ‚W‘?‘ inquired the judge. ‚That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord‘.

I’ve never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I’m a good person. I believe I’m a good mom. But that’s for my kids to decide, not for the world.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

Whoever has witnessed another’s ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.

A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.