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

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

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

Being grateful for what you have is the key to peace and happiness.

A rich man who robs from the poor is really a pauper in the land of morality.

As far as beauty is concerned in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.

The fan base that I've had all these years has come along. Some of them are not as plugged into the digital world, so they want to go out and buy the CD at Walmart or something.

I think you need a very strong mind to be on social media because people are mean and ignorant out there.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body.

We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.

Trust others to do the right thing. If you can't do that, trust yourself to survive what happens.