A just fear of an imminent danger, though be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.

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.

Brutes by their natural instinct have produced many discoveries, whereas men by discussion and the conclusions of reason have given birth to few or none.

There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable, as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it, but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.