Jean de La Fontaine

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.