And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient.
Force ought to follow justice and not to precede.
The Law ... is perfection of reason.
Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.
The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.
No man can be a compleat Lawyer by universalitie of knowledge without experience in particular cases, nor by bare experience without universalitie of knowledge; he must be both speculative & active, for the science of the laws, I assure you, must joyne hands with experience.