Perjury is an offence which is so little thought of, that it is visited with the mildest of all their punishments.

Perjury has become a fine art, because our legal system fosters the chicane which is innate in quick-witted peoples.

Some, saith Austin, compel their wives to swear they be honest, as if perjury were a lesser sin than adultery; some consult oracles, as Phaerus that blind king of Egypt.