Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.

Where there are many counsellors there is safety.

For a man's house is his castle.

No man can be a compleat Lawyer by universalitie of knowledge without experience in particular cases, nor by bare experience without universalitie of knowledge; he must be both speculative & active, for the science of the laws, I assure you, must joyne hands with experience.

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.

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.