"Lawyers Are": By law's dark by-ways he has stored his mind with wicked knowledge on how to cheat mankind.
A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.
Whatever amuses, serves to kill time, to lull the faculties, and to banish reflection. Whatever entertains, usually awakens the understanding or gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts, is lively in its nature, and sometimes tumultuous in its effects.
Good is done by degrees.
Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.
To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind.