There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.
We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another
Precaution is better than a cure.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.