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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Is not the winding up witnesses,
And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?
For witnesses, like watches, read more
Is not the winding up witnesses,
And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?
For witnesses, like watches, go
Just as they're set, too fast or slow;
And where in Conscience they're strait-lac'd,
'Tis ten to one that side is cast.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument read more
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.
The law of heaven and earth is life for life.
The law of heaven and earth is life for life.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
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.
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.
The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.
The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.