To offend and judge are distinct offices,
And of opposed natures.

To offend and judge are distinct offices,
And of opposed natures.

A justice with grave justices shall sit;
He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.

A justice with grave justices shall sit;
He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.

I'm not final because I'm right, I'm right because I'm final.

I'm not final because I'm right, I'm right because I'm final.

The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a
lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours read more

The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a
lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not to hear a
damned word he says.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge
That no king can corrupt.

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge
That no king can corrupt.

It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden read more

It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law,
according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the
crooked cord of discretion.

The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.

The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.

Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all read more

Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things,
integrity is their portion and proper virtue.