Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
History is more or less bunk.
When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.