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.

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.

A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.

A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

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.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing 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.