Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few. You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. An incompetent attorney can delay a trial for years or months. A competent attorney can delay one even longer. Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. If you argue with a woman and win, you lose. I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes. If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win. Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how. In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited. No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right. Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done. All books are either dreams or swords. You won't skid if you stay in a rut. Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it. No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.