Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

Cunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Who is the wise man? He who sees what’s going to be born.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

On the whole, we think of our consumers – other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is the law that they must live by, so all things considered, it’s better to have it clearer than confusing.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

Thomas Jefferson once said, ‚We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.‘ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life… Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Law is always better than war.

A ‚No‘ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‚Yes‘ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

I know love is the answer.

I think I am the greatest fighter in any class. I know I can hold two, maybe even three belts.

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

I don’t think anybody in America ought to be scared.

Nature is not human hearted.

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

I will never say something I don’t agree with or believe in… even if the reward is massive!

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

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

If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

I never thought I’d land in pictures with a face like mine.

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

I don’t fear anybody… at all.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

I’m a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

I’m not a centerfold.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

I’m not the greatest; I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ‚em out, I pick the round.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

As for our great King, when we venture into His presence, let us have a purpose there. Let us beware of playing at praying; it is insolence toward God.

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.

We should all start to live before we get too old.

I don’t want people to think of me as sexy.