Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.

It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.

It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers. Some of it might not be true.

It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers. Some of it might not be true.

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it.

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it.

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.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business anywhere else.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business anywhere else.

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.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.