Judges are but men, and are swayed, like other 15 men, by vehement prejudices. D. Dudley Field.
Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. Bacon.
Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. Carlyle.
Judgment is forced upon us by experience. Johnson.
Judgment is not a swift-growing plant; it requires time and culture to mature it. H. Ballou.
Judgment is turned away backward, and justice 20 standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Bible.
Judgment must sway the feelings and keep them in their right place, or harm will be done where good was intended. Spurgeon.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. Bible.
Judgments that are made on the wrong side of the danger amount to no more than an affectation of skill, without either credit or effect. L'Estrange.
Judicandum est legibus, non exemplis—Judgment should be given according to law and not precedent. L.