Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know.
The best way out is always through.
Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.