There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also

For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium [and one's home is the safest refuge to everyone].

Precaution is better than a cure.

Everyone thirsteth after gaine.

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

It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.