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.
The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.
It is the worst oppression, that is done by colour of justice
We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium [and one's home is the safest refuge to everyone].