A restaurant can't break even with only a dozen paying customers. Maurice A. Sween, 1976. When you get to court, make sure the white hat is sitting on your client's head and the black hat is sitting on the opposing party's head. Harold Jastram, 1989. A legendary Arab curse.
Wise men learn by studying the experience of fools.
Attorney Gladys Towles Root, thrusting her face into the face of a 240-pound truck driver juror, making her successful final argument in defense of accused rapist Lee Heater. Pahrump, Nevada, 1959. In February of 1874, Alferd Packer and five companions attempted to cross the San Juan Mountains, but became snowbound at the foot of Slumgullion Pass. In April of 1874 Packer came down from the mountains alone, well fed, with his five companions' wallets. He soon confessed to having murdered and eaten his companions, but then escaped from custody.