Edward Coke
Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke SL PC, formerly /ˈkuːk/; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister, judge and, later, opposition politician, who is considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle-class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the Bar on 20 April 1578. As a barrister he took part in several notable cases, including Slade's Case,...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth1 February 1552
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.
Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also
The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.
Precaution is better than a cure.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.
The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds
So use your own property as not to injure that of another
Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign