"And starve for our pains. If there were no cheating and roguery in the world, what would become of all the lawyers? and if there were no sickness, what would become of the doctors?"
"They would find some better employment, I hope. I am not afraid but that I should get along quite as well, if not better, than under the present system of things."
"I am very well satisfied as it is. By the way, did you see the report of my argument before the court, in the case of Holton vs. Nix?"
"I did."
"Well, what do you think of it?"
"It was ingenious."
"Nothing more?"
"Yes, ingenious in making the worse appear the better reason."
"The highest compliment you could pay me. We had the worst side of the case."
"So I perceived."