The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this island is entitled to the protection of English law, whatever oppression he may have suffered and whatever may be the colour of his skin.

Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.

Decide promptly, but never give any reasons for your decisions. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.

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.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.

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

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.