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.

It is the worst oppression, that is done by colour of justice

Force ought to follow justice and not to precede.

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.

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.

Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign