The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

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 law of heaven and earth is life for life.

The law of heaven and earth is life for life.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.