He was willing to assert that "I have a fair share of invention, and of common sense or judgment, such as every fairly successful lawyer or doctor must have, but not, I believe, in any higher degree."

他也乐意承认“如每位成功的律师和医生必须具备的素质一样，我具备相当的创造力、常识和判断力，但我认为自己这些能力并不比他们强”。