No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture. The great object of the law is to encourage commerce. You will recognize at least the English version of the maxims below . . . Leges vigilantibus, non dormientibus, subveniunt. The laws aid the vigilant, not the negligent.
Leges humanae nascuntur, vivunt, moriuntur.
In quo quis delinquit, in eo de jure est puniendus. In whatever thing one offends, in that is he rightfully to be punished. No person ought to have advantage from his own wrong. Ignorantia legis neminem excusat. Melius est in tempore occurrere, quam post causam vulneratum remedium quaerere.