The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.

Precaution is better than a cure.

There must have been good grounds for belief in witchcraft; otherwise Parliament would not have legislated against it.

Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.

And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient.

A corporation has no soul.

The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.