The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws.

The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of private property.

The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

The law rarely hesitates in declaring its own meaning; but the Judges are frequently puzzled to find out the meaning of others.