Edward Coke quotes

Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great. (Edward Coke)
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason. View quote
Edward Coke
The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose. View quote
Edward Coke
Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls. View quote
Edward Coke
Magna Charta is such a fellow that he will have no sovereign. View quote
Edward Coke
Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix. View quote
Edward Coke
A word must become a friend or you will not understand it. Perhaps you do well to be cool and detached when you are seeking information, but I remind you of the wife who complained, 'When I ask John if he loves me, he thinks I am asking for information'. View quote
Edward Coke
The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law. View quote
Edward Coke
He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated. View quote
Edward Coke
The Common lawes of the Realme should by no means be delayed for the law is the surest sanctuary, that a man should take, and the strongest fortresse to protect the weakest of all, lex et tutissima cassis. View quote
Edward Coke
Every libel, which is called famosus libellus, is made either against a private man, or against a public person. If it be against a private man, it deserves a severe punishment. (Edward Coke)
A witch is a person who hath conference with the Devil to consult with him or to do some act. View quote
Edward Coke
Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times. View quote
Edward Coke
Law is the safest helmet. View quote
Edward Coke
The gladsome light of jurisprudence. View quote
Edward Coke
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it. View quote
Edward Coke
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale. View quote
Edward Coke
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions. View quote
Edward Coke
Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law. View quote
Edward Coke
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty. View quote
Edward Coke
Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished. (Edward Coke)
Don't quote the distinction, for the honour of my lord Coke. View quote
Edward Coke
Where there are many counsellors there is safety. View quote
Edward Coke
So use your own property as not to injure that of another. View quote
Edward Coke
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also. View quote
Edward Coke