Wisely has it been said--that he who would go to law,
Must have a _good_ cause,
A _good_ purse,
A _good_ attorney,
_Good_ evidence
And a _good_ judge and jury--and having
all these _goods_, unless he has also _good luck_, he will stand
but a _bad_ chance of success.
1088
In a lawsuit nothing is certain but the expense.
1089
The Talmud says that when a man once asked Shamai to teach him the law
in one lesson, Shamai drove him away in anger. He then went to Hillel
with the same request. Hillel said, "Do unto others as you would have
others do unto you. This is the whole law; the rest merely commentaries
upon it."
1090
Two go to law; a third, generally, bears off the spoil.
1091