Be Willing To Commit Yourself

The Thing I Want To Do Is Put As Many New Ideas Into The Law As I Can, To Show How Particular Solutions Involve General Theory, And To Do It With Style. I Should Like To Be Admitted To Be The Greatest Jurist In The World.

The Only Prize Much Cared For By The Powerful Is Power. The Prize Of The General Is Not A Bigger Tent, But Command.

Through Our Great Good Fortune, In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire. It Was Given To Us To Learn At The Outset That Life Is A Profound And Passionate Thing.

There Is Nothing Earthly That Lasts So Well, As Money. A Man's Learning Dies With Him, As Does His Virtues Fade Out Of Remembrance, But The Dividends On The Stocks He Bequeaths To His Children Live And Keep His Memory Green.

The Only Condition Of Peace In This World Is To Have No Ideas, Or, At Least Not To Express Them.