“Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.”

“That which is built upon the land goes with the land.”

“No one should be twice punished for one crime.”

“The trodden path is the safest.”

“The burden of proof lies on the plaintiff.”

“The imagination serves us only when the mind is absolutely free of any prejudice. A single prejudice suffices to cool off the imagination. This whimsical part of the mind is so unbridled as to be u...”

“The institutions, conventions, customs and laws that make up the complex structure of a society are the work of a hundred centuries and a billion minds; and one mind must not expect to comprehend t...”

“If they're from the village, you take them to the inn. If they're from the city, you treat them with respect when they are beautiful and throw them on the highway when they are dead.”