All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.

Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, read more

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."

Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.

Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, read more

Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to read more

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.