There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Time is the herald of truth.

There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.

For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.

I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.

Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty. Our Constitution speaks of the "general welfare of the people." Under that phrase all sorts of excesses can be employed by lusting tyrants to make us bondsmen.