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

Free men have arms; slaves do not.

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

So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.

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

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.

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