The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.

The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.

I have forgotten more law than you ever knew, but allow me to say, I have not forgotten much.

I have forgotten more law than you ever knew, but allow me to say, I have not forgotten much.

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.

The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.

The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.

Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

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.

If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.

If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.

Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will read more

Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes
hereafter, some of them in hell.