Where law ends, tyranny begins.

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

Arms and laws do not flourish together.

Arms and laws do not flourish together.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there read more

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if read more

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."