He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom ... is on a par with a piano tuner's relationship to a concert. He neither composes the music, nor interprets it - he merely keeps the machinery running.

I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the guilty never escape unscathed. My fees are sufficient punishment for anyone.

One listens to one's lawyer prattle on as long as one can stand it and then signs where indicated.

Lawyers are always more ready to get a man into troubles than out of them.

Never shake hands with colleagues in court; the customers think you're making deals.

I'm not an ambulance chaser. I'm usually there before the ambulance.