A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.
Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.
Common law is common right.
It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.
The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.
We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.