People said that there was one law for the rich and one law for the poor, but it wasn't true. There was no law for those who made the law, and no law for the incorrigibly lawless.
A mother-in-law made of sugar, still tastes bitter.
There once was a good mother-in-law but the wolf gobbled her up.
The grumbling mother-in-law forgets that she once was a bride.
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason.
No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
If no divine law is recognized above the law of the State, then the law of man has become absolute in men's eyes--there is then no logical barrier to totalitarianism.
The more the mother-in-law drinks the more friendly is her greeting.
Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your mother-in-law.
You never meet your mother-in-law on the day that you are welldressed.
With a mule you have a son, with a son-in-law you only have a mule.
There is nothing better than a rich wife and a generous mother-in-law.
It's better to pick a fight with your in-laws than with your neighbors.
A son-in-law and a pig will show you the way only once.
It was all Mrs. Bumble. She do it," urged Mr. Bumble; first looking round, to ascertain that his partner had left the room. That is no excuse," returned Mr. Brownlow. "You were present on the occasion of the destruction of these trinkets, and, indeed...
But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person, even as to matters of fact; for, if the government can dictate to a jury any law whatever, in a criminal case, it can certainly d...
The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.
Laws against things like drugs are inhumane, and create an inhumane society and inhumane law enforcement. I know what's causing violence in America - the damn drug laws.
Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive.
Because he killed his wife he took shelter with his in-laws.
There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
