The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.

There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

Reason is the life of the law.

Common law is common right.

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

The law doth never enforce a man to doe a vaine thing.