Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

The law is a system that protects everybody who can afford to hire a good lawyer.

Written things are not for speech; their form is literary; they are stiff, inflexible, and will not lend themselves to happy and effective delivery with the tongue-where their purpose is to merely entertain, not instruct; they have to be limbered up, broken up, colloquialized and turned into common forms of premeditated talk-otherwise they will bore the house and not entertain it.

One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.

The humorous writer professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness--your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture....He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher.

The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who, as a rule, was in considerable doubt as to who his father was.

A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again.