Henry Bickersteth

"Justice can be peaceably and effectually administered there only where there is recognised authority and adequate power."

"It would certainly be a very great mistake to suppose that this Court does not attend to lapse of time."

"I am bound to administer the law here according to the best construction that I can put upon the intent and meaning of the authorities applicable to the cases before me."

"Courts of justice ought to carry into effect the intentions of testators as far as they can consistently with the rules of law."

"The Court has not time to indulge in the discussion of imaginary cases."

"The Court must not depart from those rules which have been considered necessary for the due administration of justice."

"A man acting for himself may indulge his own caprices, and consider what is convenient or agreeable to himself, as well as what is strictly prudent, and his prudential motives cannot afterwards be sep…"

"Generally speaking, a witness has no business to concern himself with the merits of the case in which he is called on to give evidence or whether, when given, it will be material to the cause."