Ulpian

Ulpian (/ˈʌlpiən/; Latin: Gnaeus Domitius Annius Ulpianus; c. 170–223) was a Roman Jurist of Tyrian ancestry.

Quotes

• The sovereign is not bound by the laws.
  (Princeps legibus solutus est.)

• What pleases the prince has the force of law.
  (Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.)
  • Alternative translation: “What pleases the emperor becomes enforceable law.”

• Justice is the constant and perpetual will to render to every man his due.
  (Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi.)

• To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his own.
  (Honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere.)
  • Digesta 1.1.10 Alterum non laedere The quote is the motto of Palacký University Faculty of Law