Louis Nizer

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.

Yes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning. You'll still find me in the library looking for luck at 3 o'clock in the morning.

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.

In cross-examination as in fishing nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.