Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.

Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

It is not easy to make a simile go on all-fours.

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways.

Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.