Judges ought above all to remember the conclusion of the Roman Twelve Tables :The supreme law of all is the weal [weatlh/ well-being] of the people.

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience, we have found none equal to it for the commodiousness it affords in working with the Understanding.

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.