Lloyd Kenyon

"In many cases a party undertakes to prove a custom from the time of legal memory, the reign of Richard the Second; but that proof is generally established by evidence of acts done at a much later peri…"

"There are many situations in life, and particularly in the commercial world, where a man cannot by any diligence inform himself of the degree of credit which ought to be given to the persons with whom…"

"With regard to the construction of statutes according to the intention of the legislature, we must remember that there is an essential difference between the expounding of modern and ancient Acts of P…"

"It is impossible for the Court to foresee when a sentence begins how it will end, and, sometimes, mischief is done before we are sure that the sentence will conclude in an offensive manner."

"I must treat with reverence everything which Lord Kenyon has said: but not everything which text writers have represented him to have said, which he did not say."

"It is sometimes difficult to get rid of first impressions."

"To enter into the hearts of men belongs to him who can explore the human heart."

"It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil."