Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
The law is a necessary evil until we can find a better way of getting men to live together.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them being made.
The law is reason itself, free from passion.
It is not wisdom, but authority that makes a law.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
The first duty of society is justice.
Where the law ends, tyranny begins.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find one's passion, and the law is a great way to do that.
It is the law that allows for the resolution of disputes in a civilized manner, and that should be the goal of any civilized society.
The more laws, the less justice.
The law is reason, that which is not reason is not law.
A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.
The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.
The law is reason, free from passion.