No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.

No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.

Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.

Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.

We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many old ‘philosophies’, and that from read more

We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many old ‘philosophies’, and that from them arise most of the old ‘philosophical’ fights and arguments.

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.

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they read more

Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they are different.

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others read more

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.

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.

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

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