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.

Everyone thirsteth after gaine.

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.

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.

A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.

The house of every one is to him as his castle.