"An universal custom is a law, and I know no distinction between lex mercatoria and consuetudo mercaborum."

"My judgment ought to be given for the plaintiff: but my brothers are all of another opinion, and so I submit to it. T…"

"I am far from being such a Judge as shall lay any intolerable yoke upon any one's neck."

"We cannot make a law, we must go according to the law. That must be our rule and direction."

"We cannot alter the law, we are bound by our oaths to proceed according to the law as it is at present."

"No counsel in the world that understand themselves, can argue anything against what has been often settled and always…"

"It is expected you should do your best for those you are assigned for, as it is expected in any other case, that you …"

"We ought, as far as we can by law, to support the government of all societies and corporations, especially this of th…"

"To excuse himself from damage, must say, was ready always and at all times."

"Libelling against a private man is a moral offence; but when it is against a government, it tends to the destruction …"