Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Teachers who educated children deserved more honour than parents who merely gave them birth; for bare life is furnished by the one, the other ensures a good life.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

In the market, the fittest are those most able to serve the consumers; in government, the fittest are those most adept at wielding coercion and/or those most adroit at making demagogic appeals to the voting public.

I don't think much about politics as such because it has no room in our working processes. Eventually, our cases will have to stand up in court. And court will hear nothing about politics.

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

What did Republicans get for 16 days of a government shutdown with people being hurt? We have absolutely nothing to show for it, other than a damaged brand.