By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage.

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength, - the floating bulwark of our island.

It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God

[Self-defense is] justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the laws of society.

Free men have arms; slaves do not.

Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws.

The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.

I'm not everyone's cup of tea, because I'm a kick butt cappuccino with extra milk fluff and chocolate sprinkles!

Do every act of your life as if it were your ultimate.

Unless you enjoy life passionately, you cannot be a good artiste. Practise what you like, be it sports or dancing.

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.

We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.

Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know.

I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books.

School is not meant for the poor, only for the rich.

That's the thing with independent cinema: They all get good reviews, and they don't make money. Some of them are good. Some are great. And some are terrible.

Increasingly, it's people not interested in National Geographic.