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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.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
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 mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
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.
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.
I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.
I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.