Lawyers are like morticians. We all need one sooner or later, but better later than sooner.

Lawyers are like morticians. We all need one sooner or later, but better later than sooner.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.

In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.

If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.

If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from read more

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.

A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.