My Lawyer being practiced almost from his Cradle in defending Falsehood; is quite out of his Element when he would be an Advocate for Justice, which as an Office unnatural, he always attempts with great Awkwardness if not with Ill-will.
A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith.
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
Old sciences are unraveled like old stockings, by beginning at the foot.
Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.
Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship.