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.

Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.

The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.

There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.

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

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

The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law.