William Henry Maule

“Nominal damages are in effect, only a peg to hang costs on.”

“There is no presumption in this country that every person knows the law: it would be contrary to common sense and reason if it were so.”

“"As the crow flies"—a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line.”

“After a hard frost a man might wake in the morning and find he was breaking a covenant.”

“If a man go into the London Docks sober without means of getting drunk, and comes out of one of the cellars very drunk wherein are a million gallons of wine, I think that would be reasonable evidence that he had stolen some of the wine in that cellar, though you could not prove that any wine was stolen, or any wine was missed.”

“An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction.”

“Fictions of law must be consistent with justice.”