• Gibbon, Decline and Fall , Ch. XLIV , says:⁠— “The vain titles of the victories of Justinian are crumbled into dust; but the name of the legislator is inscribed on a fair and everlasting monument. Under his reign, and by his care, the civil jurisprudence was digested in the immortal works of the Code , the Pandects , and the Institutes ; the public reason of the Romans has been silently or studiously transfused into the domestic institutions of Europe, and the laws of Justinian still command the respect or obedience of independent nations. Wise or fortunate is the prince who connects his own reputation with the honor and interest of a perpetual order of men.” ↩
• Luke 12:17:⁠— “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And in the Vision of Piers Ploughman , 563:⁠— “ Reddite Caesari , quod God, That Caesari bifalleth, Et quae sunt Dei Deo, Or ellis ye don ille.” ↩