“A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between.”

“Amongst the amusements of Paris must be counted duels between journalists.”

“There is no higher principle for the guidance of the Court than the one that no act of Courts should harm a litigant and it is the bounden duty of Courts to see that if a person is harmed by a mistake of the Court he should be restored to the position he would have occupied but for that mistake.”

“We know that this is a power which may be abused; but that is no argument against its existence. For protection against abuses by legislatures the people must resort to the polls, not to the courts.”

“It is essential, when persons in trade come into this Court, that they should remember that the administration of equity is founded on perfect truth, and that if persons attempt to mislead the public by stating that which is not true, this Court will restrain them upon a clear case being made out against them.”

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

“Every libel, which is called famosus libellus, is made either against a private man, or against a public person. If it be against a private man, it deserves a severe punishment.”

“While traveling our separated roads through life, we are also either road signs or potholes on the roads of others.”

“The only thing that counts is the right to know, to speak, to think — that, and the sanctity of the courts. Otherwise it's not America.”

“The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all — or there is no danger.”