The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.