The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.
- Edward Coke
Home, Castle, His, Fortress
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason.
- Edward Coke
Reason, Which, Common Law, Perfection
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
- Edward Coke
Innocent, Guilty, Spares, Threatens
Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign.
- Edward Coke
Will, He, Fellow, Magna
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
- Edward Coke
Effect, Cause, Also, Ceases
Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.
- Edward Coke
Treason, Nor, Commit, Corporations
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
- Edward Coke
Own, Another, Use, Injure
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
- Edward Coke
Success, Deeds, Always, Invites
How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
- Edward Coke
Law, Reason, How, Hath
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
- Edward Coke
Will, Things, Fetch, Sale
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions.
- Edward Coke
Mother, Certainty, Variance, Repose
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
- Edward Coke
Small, Fault, Though, Bribe
Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.
- Edward Coke
Act, Shall, Equally, Punished
We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
- Edward Coke
Old, Old Ways, Maxim, Commons
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.
- Edward Coke
Art, Trust, His, Skilled
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
- Edward Coke
Where, Many, Safety
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