Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason… The law, which is perfection of reason.
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.
Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,
Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.