1、One of the most striking and salutary thing in Ameican life is the widespread study of law。美国人生活中最显著而又有益的事情莫过于对法律的广泛研究了。
2、No society can make a perpetual constitution， or even a perpetual law。没有哪个社会可以制订一部永远适用的宪法，甚至一条永远适用的法律。
3、Law is order， and good law is good order。法律就是秩序，有好的法律才有好的秩序。
4、If we do not maintain justice，justice will not maintain us。如果我们不维持公正，公正将不维持我们。
5、If there were no bad people， there would be no good lawyers。 倘若世上没有坏人，也就不会有好的律师。
6、Singularity is almost invariably a clue。 The more featureless and commonplace a crime is， the more difficult is it to bring it home。奇特几乎总能提供一种线索。一种犯罪越是普通，越是不具特点，就越难以查明。
7、The law cannot make all men equal， but they are all equal before the law。法律不能使人人平等，但是在法律面前人人是平等的。
8、Law is the crystallizaton of the habit and thought of society。法律是社会习俗和思想的结晶。
9、It is better to fight for justice than to rail at the ill。与其责骂罪恶，不如伸张正义。
10、Mankind censure injustice， fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from commintting it。人类对于不公正的行为加以指责，并非因为他们愿意做出这种行为，而是惟恐自己会成为这种行为的牺牲者。
11、Justice delayed is justice denied。推迟的公正是否认的公正。
12、Law can nerver be enforced unless fear supports it。如果法律没有恐惧支撑，它绝不能生效。
13、Good order is the foundation of all things。 良好的秩序是一切的基础。
14、Punishment is justice for the unjust。惩罚是对正义的伸张。
15、Laws grind the poor， and rich men rule the law。法律吸吮穷人的膏血，而富人却掌握着权柄。
16、I disapprove of what you say， but I will defend to the death your right to say it。我不同意你说的话，但是我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。
17、Every law has no atom of stregth， as far as no public opinion supports it。若是没有公众舆论的支持，法律是丝毫没有力量的。
18、In nature there are no rewards or punishments； there are consequences。 自然界中没有奖赏和惩罚，只有因果报应。
19、If we only had some God in the country's laws， instead of beng in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution， it would be better all around。如果我们国家的法律中只有某种神灵，而不是殚精竭虑将神灵揉进宪法，总体上来说，法律就会更好。