A lawyer is something of a carpenter. He can file a bill, split a hair, chop logic, dovetail an argument, make an entry, get up a case, frame an indictment, empannel a jury, put them in a box, nail a witness, hammer a judge, bore a court (and) chisel a client.
Anon, Legal Levities, 1 Nat'l L. Rev. 88 (1888)