America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.

America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.

How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law.

It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law.

What we call real estate--the solid ground to build a house
on--is the broad foundation on which nearly all read more

What we call real estate--the solid ground to build a house
on--is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this
world rests.

Those learned in the law, when they do give advice without the usual fee, and in the confidence of friendship, read more

Those learned in the law, when they do give advice without the usual fee, and in the confidence of friendship, generally say, "Pay, pay anything rather than go to law.".

Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.

Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]