“In the eye of the law no doubt, man and wife are for many purposes one: but that is a strong figurative expression, and cannot be so dealt with as that all the consequences must follow which would result from its being literally true.” MenEyeLawPurposeStrongResultsDoubtWifeExpressionConsequenceNo Doubt Author:William Henry Maule
“After a hard frost a man might wake in the morning and find he was breaking a covenant.” MenHardMightMorningCovenantFrost Author:William Henry Maule
“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.” IfsThinkingMenMeanWould BeMillionsProveEvidenceWineLondonDrunkReasonableSoberStolenCellarsGallonsDocksGetting Drunk Author:William Henry Maule