The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the…

- Charles Macklin

Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

- Charles Macklin

You are as welcome as the flowers in May.

- Charles Macklin

The instinct of interest is the universal instinct of mankind.

- Charles Macklin

The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science.

- Charles Macklin

Every tub must stand upon its bottom.

- Charles Macklin

My lord, lawyers are a dangerous species of animals till ha'e any dependence upon--they are always starting punctilios and deeficulties among friends…

- Charles Macklin