All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set read more

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.

It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching read more

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

The law is above the law, you know.

The law is above the law, you know.

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.

Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, read more

Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there read more

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them.