“The Creator is is not only omnipotent, but He is also a Being of infinite wisdom. He has laid down only such laws as were founded in those relations of justice, that existed in the nature of things…. These are the eternal, immutable laws of good and evil, to which the Creator Himself in all His dispensations conforms; and which He has enabled human reason to discover, so far as they are necessary for the conduct of human actions. Such, among others, are these principles; that we should live honestly, should hurt nobody, and should render to everyone his due.
Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1:59-60.
Courtesy of The 5000 Year Leap, W. Cleon Skousen, 1:131-132.