Man is not the sum of what he has but the totality of what he does not yet have, of what he might have. – Jean-Paul Sartre
There is at bottom only one problem in the world and this is its name. How does one get into the open? How does one burst the cocoon and become a butterfly? – Thomas Mann
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. – Buddha
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. – Robert Frost
The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle, complimentary way the she was as succulent as the small reptile he had for dinner the night before. – F. Scott Fitzgerald (How romantic he was)
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietsche
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. – Anatole France
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. – H.L. Mencken
Every law is an infraction of liberty. – Jeremy Bentham
Lawsuit, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. – Ambrose Bierce
The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. – George Bernard Shaw