"I never did approve, when at the Bar, and I do not approve now, when on the Bench, of the practice of not deciding a …"

"I am not, as I consider, to decide cases in favour of fools or idiots, but in favour of ordinary English people, who …"

"It must not be forgotten that the rules of Courts of equity are not, like the rules of the common law, supposed to ha…"

"Professional advice in England is confined to legal advice."

"This case reminds me of one in which I likened the plaintiff's case to a colander, because it was so full of holes."

"I may be wrong, and often am, but I never doubt."

"For wide learning and deep insight his judgments are, perhaps, unsurpassed."

"I never really had any aspirations to be an actor when I was young. I wanted to play the piano in a bar, to be the ol…"

"If I do decide one day to stop acting, I just hate the idea of people going: 'Oh, did you ever do anything else besid…"

"I don't really know how to act, I kind of wanted to somehow make it real, and one of the ways I've always thought mak…"