Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.

The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption.

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.

When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development.

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.

The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.

The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people.

The stronger that women grow, the more prestige, fame, and money is accorded to the display professions: They are held higher and higher above the heads of rising women, for them to emulate.

The reason why nothing happens is because nothing was done. Something will happen when something is done. Leaders take actions!

Freedom without the means to be self-supporting is a one-armed triumph.

Life is a sleep, love is a dream; and you have lived if you have loved.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true.

I don't persuade to suicide.

I love doing horror with comedy twists and I think it's a really fun genre.

I love 'Guitar Hero' because I love music, but I have no musical ability whatsoever. So I love a game that makes you feel like you're a rock star.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.