It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

If you demand money from someone in exchange for your silence, it's called 'blackmail'. If your lawyer demands money from someone in exchange for your silence, it's called a settlement. If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

[History is] petrified imagination.

A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source.

About a veteran player thrown out trying to steal second: There was larceny in his heart, but his legs were honest.

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.