"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."

"Laws are made to guard the rights of the people, not to feed the lawyers. The laws should be read by all, known to all. Put them into shape, inform them with philosophy, reduce them in bulk, give them…"

"For it is a sure rule, that a man were better to be a suitor to the devil, than to a man whose heart is not open."

"Ambition is like a choler, which makes an ill digestion, but a good appetite."

"Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true."