Taste cannot be controlled by law.

(Academics) commit their pupils to the theatre of the world, with just taste enough of learning to be alienated from industrial pursuits, and not enough to do service in the ranks of science

It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man.