Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand, you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case, as if something was still in prospect for you, as well as for your client.

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.

There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end.

I cannot imagine anyone looking at the sky and denying God.