"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

"The corruption of the best things is the worst."

"Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws."

"The world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span."

"Laws are made to guard the rights of the people, not to feed the lawyers. The laws should be read by all, known to all. Put them into shape, inform them with philosophy, reduce them in bulk, give them…"