Institutio Oratoria

And yet such a general would bear a very close resemblance to the advocate who leaves much of the detail that is necessary for success to

the care of others, more especially in view of the fact that this, the most necessary element in the management of a case, is not as difficult as it may perhaps seem to outside observers. For every point of law, which is certain, is based either on written law or accepted custom: if, on the other hand, the point is doubtful, it must be examined in the light of equity.