The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.

Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.

Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.

It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.

Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign

Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.

That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were rather gracious for their propriety than strange for their novelty, and like to serve both for occasions to report and means to remember his argument. Certain sentences of his , somewhat obscure, and as it were presuming upon their capacities will, I fear, make some of them rather admire than commend him. In sum, all is as well as words can make it, and if it please Her Majesty to add deeds, the Bacon may be too hard for the Cook.