We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways. — Edward Coke
Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn. — Edward Coke
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions. — 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