When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.