Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason.

Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason.

理性是法律的生命;不，普通法本身只不过是理性——那是理性的完善。

-- Edward Coke 柯克