John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3845 Charles Maklin 1697?-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3845 |
| AUTHOR: | Charles Macklin (1697?–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | 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 professors than the justice of it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Love à la Mode. Act ii. Sc. 1. |