"Great attention and respect is undoubtedly due to the decisions of a Lord Chancellor: but they are not conclusive upo…"

"The sheriffs of London have been immemorially the sheriff of Middlesex."

"Old rights must remain: it would be very unreasonable if it should be otherwise."

"The Court must have ministers : the attornies are its ministers."

"The Courts can take no notice of anything but what comes judicially before them."

"It is proper to inquire into the practice and precedents; and to see whether they have been uniform and concomitant."

"If the custom be general, it is the law of the realm: if local only, it is lex loci, the law of the place. Now, all l…"

"The common law of England must direct the determination of a common law question. By common-law determinations we are…"

"It is certain that every man has a right to keep his own sentiments, if he pleases: he has certainly a right to judge…"

"Ideas are free. But while the author confines them to his study, they are like birds in a cage, which none but he can…"