We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration. - Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden

I know of no privileged class of society, and I do not know an esquire has any privileges a yeoman has not.

Human society was so constituted, for human nature was so constituted, that the honour and dignity of a father were connected with that of a son; and there was no son who must not be disturbed and disquieted by imputations on his father.

Prima facie, every estate, whether given by will or otherwise, is supposed to be beneficial to the party to whom it is so given.