Time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength, - the floating bulwark of our island.

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God

Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than such as are more merciful in general, yet properly intermixed with due distinctions of severity.

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.

By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage.