The Lawyer and Client

Two lawyers, when a knotty cause was o'er, Shook hands, and were as good friends as before. 'Zounds!' says the honest client,' how come you 'To be such friends, who were such foes just now?' 'Thou fool,' says one, 'we lawyers, tho' so keen, 'Like sheers, ne'er cut ourselves, but what's between.'