“A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.”
“The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.”
“The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.”
“Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.”
“Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.”
“The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.”
“If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.”
“When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.”
“The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.”
“A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.”
“We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them”
“The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.”
“Here lies one believe it if you can, who thought an attorney, was a honest man.”
“An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.”
“I was never ruined but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.”
“Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.”
“It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect for right.”
“I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.”
“When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.”
“Our human laws are more or less imperfect copies of the external laws as we see them.”
“Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.”
“It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.”
“Somebody figured it out -- we have 35 million laws trying to enforce Ten Commandments.”
“It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour.”
“It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true.”
“To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.”
“A lawyer starts life giving $500 worth of law for $5 and ends giving $5 worth for $500.”
“Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.”
“The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.”
“The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.”