The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
They weren't wearing insignia.
He had learned over the years that poor people did not feel so poor when allowed to give occasionally.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.