Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
Laws are subordinate to custom.
The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.
Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
Fashion as King is sometimes a very stupid ruler.
Custom is a prison, locked and barred by those who long ago were dust, the keys of which are in the keeping of the dead.
That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.
Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.