And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient.
The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.
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.
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
It is the worst oppression, that is done by colour of justice
It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.