Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.

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 King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.

There be three kinds of unhappie men. 1. Qui scit & non docet, Hee that hath knowledge and teacheth not. 2. Qui docet & non vivit, He that teacheth, and liveth not thereafter. 3. Qui nescit, & non interrogat, He that knoweth not, and doth not enquire to understand.

The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.