A judge is not supposed to know anything about the facts of life until they have been presented in evidence and explained to him at least three times.

-Parker, Hubert Lister
  Quoted in the Observer,12 Mar.

Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.

-Penn,William
  Some Fruits of Solitude.

Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!

-Pope, Alexander
  An Essay on Man, epistle 2, l.15^18.

My soul; sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is done: Her plot hath many changes, every day Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.

-Quarles, Francis
  Epigram, Respice Finem.

Come sleep,O sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low.

-Shute, Nevil originally Nevil Shute Norway
Astrophel and Stella, sonnet 39.

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

-Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'FlahertieWills
  Lord Illingworth. AWoman of No Importance, act 2.

   The feelings withwhichwe facethisnewage of right and opportunity sweep across our heartstrings like some air out of God's own presence, where justice and mercyare reconciled, and the judge and the brother are one.

-Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow
  Inaugural address, 4 Mar.