There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.

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

No outward doors of a man's house can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though in criminal cases the public safety supersedes the private.

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

Man must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator. This will of his Maker is called the Law of Nature. This Law of Nature is superior to any other. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this.

It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.

Gaming is a kind of tacit confession that the company engaged therein do in general exceed the bounds of their respective fortunes, and therefore they cast lots to determine upon whom the ruin shall at present fall, that the rest may be saved a little longer.