Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, read more

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."

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.

The law itself follows gold.

The law itself follows gold.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not
tremble.
[It., Ove son leggi,
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Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not
tremble.
[It., Ove son leggi,
Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.]

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.