Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

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

Everyone thirsteth after gaine.

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions

Common law is common right.

For a man's house is his castle.