I know you lawyers can, with ease,
Twist your words and meanings as you please;
That language, by your skill made pliant,
Will bend to favor every client;
That 'tis the fee directs the sense,
To make out either side's pretence.
--_Gay._
1093
Lawyers' gowns are lined with the wilfulness of their clients.
1094
Two lawyers, when a knotty case was o'er,
Shook hands, and were as good friends as before.
"Zounds!" says the losing client, "How come you
To be such friends, who were such foes just now?"
"Thou fool," says one, "we lawyers, tho' so keen,
Like shears, ne'er cut ourselves, but what's between."
1095
Some lawyers have the knack of converting poor advice into good coin.
1096
Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains.
1097
No man is so learned, but he may be taught; neither is anyone so
illiterate, but he may teach.
1098
The chief art of learning is to attempt but little at a time.
--_Locke._
1099
Learning by study must be won,
'Twas ne'er entailed from sire to son.
--_Gay._
1100
One pound of learning requires ten of common sense to apply it.
1101