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

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

The law of heaven and earth is life for life.

The law of heaven and earth is life for life.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

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.

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.

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.

Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.

Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.

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.

Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.

Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.