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Judges: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

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.— BACON — Essays. Of Judicature.

The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.— BURKE — Preface to Brissot's Address. Vol. V. P. 67.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.— POPE — Rape of the Lock. Canto III. L. 21.

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge, That no king can corrupt.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 100.

He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe; Pattern in himself to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go; More nor less to others paying Than by self-offenses weighing. Shame to him, whose cruel striking Kills for faults of his own liking!— Shakespeare — Measure for Measure. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 275.

It doth appear you are a worthy judge; You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound.— Shakespeare — Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 236.

Therefore I say again, I utterly abhor, yea from my soul Refuse you for my judge; whom, yet once more, I hold my most malicious foe, and think not At all a friend to truth.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 80.