A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.
Louis L'AmourThere have always been hard times. There have always been wars and troubles -famine, disease and such-like -and some folks are born with money, some with none. In the end it is up to the man what he becomes, and none of those other things matters. It is character that counts.
Louis L'AmourThe thieves and killers are goin' to have guns, so if the honest men don't have 'em they just make it easier for the vicious.
Louis L'Amour