That which is built upon the land goes with the land.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.

The burden of proof lies on the plaintiff.

No one should be twice punished for one crime.

The trodden path is the safest.

In the modern city life, if you don't have money, you simply don't have life.

You can go through the world with your elbows out and your nose in the air, and call it independence, if you like. That's not my way.

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

There were many reasons we broke up. There was a religious difference: I'm a Catholic, and she's the devil.

I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.

The things that stand out are often the oddities.

Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by the Holy Scriptures.

I am conscious of eternal life.

I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel's remedy.