The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also
It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.
We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.