The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.
We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
There be three kinds of unhappie men. 1. Qui scit & non docet, Hee that hath knowledge and teacheth not. 2. Qui docet & non vivit, He that teacheth, and liveth not thereafter. 3. Qui nescit, & non interrogat, He that knoweth not, and doth not enquire to understand.
A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.
The law doth never enforce a man to doe a vaine thing.
It is the worst oppression, that is done by colour of justice