There is no man more dangerous than one who does not doubt his own rightness. - Louis L'Amour

Much of the study of history is a matter of comparison, of relating what was happening in one area to what was happening elsewhere, and what had happened in the past. To view a period in isolation is to miss whatever message it has to offer.

"You killed Rice Wheeler," he said, "the Panhandle gunman. "He should have stayed in the Panhandle," I said."

A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realists, and their tactics are realistic, so no man should be a gentleman where women are concerned unless the women are very, very old or very, very young. Women admire gentlemen, and sleep with cads.