The Latin word for a flatterer (assentator) implies 10 no more than a person that barely consents; and indeed such a one, if a man were able to purchase or maintain him, cannot be bought too dear. Steele.
The latter part of a wise man's life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former. Swift.
The law always limits every power which it bestows. Hume.
The law cannot equalise men in spite of nature. Vauvenargues.
The law has no eyes, the law has no hands, the law is nothing—nothing but a piece of paper, till public opinion breathes the breath of life into the dead letter. Macaulay.
The law is good if a man use it lawfully. St. 15 Paul.
The law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. Bible.
The law is past depth to those that, without heed, do plunge into it. Timon of Athens, iii. 5.
The law is the friend of the weak. Schiller.
The law is what we must do; the gospel what God will give. Luther.