Lincoln's Notes on the Practice of Law
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser – in fees, and expenses, and waste of time. As a peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opertunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln, Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, “Notes on the Practice of Law” (1850?), pp. 245-246, emphasis in original. Edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher (The Library of America, 1989).
