Law

Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law

The income tax has made more liars out of more Americans than golf has.

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press

Taxes are the price that we pay for a civilized society

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

In law, nothing is certain but the expense