How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Edward Coke

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
Edward Coke

Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.
Edward Coke

Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
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.
Edward Coke

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions.
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.
Edward Coke

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
Edward Coke