Rules of property ought to be generally known, and not to be left upon loose notes, which rather serve to confound principles, than to confirm them.

True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all

True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.

An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.

There is no positive law: Many things are bad by that, which otherwise were not.

Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.