“One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit
“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property
“Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy