A ridiculous passion which hath no being but in play-books and romances.

"Lawyers Are": Those whose interests and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding the law.

I can discover no political evil in suffering bullies, sharpers, and rakes, to rid the world of each other by a method of their own; where the law hath not been able to find an expedient.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels.

Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.