That what is agreed to be done, must be considered as done.

- Philip Yorke, 1st Earl Of Hardwicke

A reasonable fine is such as the law will judge to be so . . . but what a reasonable fine is, and who shall be the judge of it, the law has establish…

- Philip Yorke, 1st Earl Of Hardwicke

Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty.

- Philip Yorke, 1st Earl Of Hardwicke