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.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.

The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.

The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

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.

I can't do literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for read more

I can't do literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for a defendant.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.

The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.