“A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.”
“They should get another lawyer,” he said. “Surely there are better people around. That man with the big nose—you know the one—they say that he’s very good. The judges can’t take their eyes off his nose, and so they always decide in his favour.”
“Lawyer – One skilled in the circumvention of the law.”
“A judge at common law may be an ordinary man; a good judge of a carpet must be a genius.”
“Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.”
“Did you ever know a poor man made better by law or a lawyer!' said Bunce bitterly.”