 Non omne quod licet honestum est. Not everything that is permitted is honorable.

 Injura non excusat injuriam. One wrong does not excuse another.
 Silent enim leges inter arma. The laws are silent in time of war.
 Veritas simplex oratio est. The language of truth is simple.
 Damnant quod non intelligent. They condemn what they cannot understand.
 Veritatem laborare nimis saepe aiunt, extinguinunquam. It is said that truth is often eclipsed,
but never extinguished.
 Veritatis absolutus sermo ac simper est simplex. The language of truth is unadorned and
always simple.
 Toleratio est permission negative mali. Tolerance is the negative permission of evil.
 Cogitationis poenam nemo meretur. No man deserves punishment for a thought.
 Ea molestissima ferre hominess debent quae ipsorum culpa ferenda sunt. Men ought to be
most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own fault.
 Male partum, male disperit. Badly gotten, badly spent.
 Testimonia ponderanda sunt numeranda. Testimony is to be weighed, not counted.
 Inops potentem dum vult imitare perit. The poor trying to imitate the rich, perish.
 Ut cementem faciens, ita metes. As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap. (Sow the wind and reap a
whirlwind).
 Seditiosissimmus quisqui ignavus. The most seditious is the most cowardly.
 Silentium est melius membrum de prudentia. Silence is the better part of prudence.
 Qui approvat non reprobate. He who approves cannot repudiate.
 Multis terribilis, caveto multos. If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many.
 Aui primum peccat ille facit rexam. He who offends first is the one who makes quarrel.
 Causa proxima non remota spectator. The law considers the proximate cause and not the
remote one.
 Cui prodest scelus, es fecit. He who profits from crime is guilty of it.
 Num quam est fiselis cum potente societas. A partnership with man of power is never safe.
 Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo. The drop hollows the stone, not by strength
but by constant falling.
 Regula pro lege, si deficit lex. In default of the law, the maxim rules.
 Tempora mutantur et leges mutantur in illis. Time change and laws change with them.
 Vigilantis sed non dormientibus jura in re subveniunt. The law aids the vigilant and not those
who slumber on their rights.
 Currit tempus contra decides et sui juris contemptores. Time runs against the slothful and
those who neglect their rights.
 Nihil forum ex scena. The court has nothing to do with what is not before it.
 Contumeliam si dices audies. If you speak insults, you will hear them also.
 Nemo tenetur ad impossibilia. No one is bound to do things which are impossible.
 Lucrum malum aequale dispendio. An evil gain equals a loss.
 Invitat culpa qui delictum praeterit. He who overlooks a fault, invites the commission of
another.
 Aliud ex alio malum. One evil rises out of another.
 Non allegata non probata. That which is not alleged cannot be proved.