Pessimism Is The One Ism

Wise Men Never Grow Up; Indeed, They Grow Younger, For They Lose The Appalling Worldly Wisdom Of Youth.

We Can Pay Our Debts To The Past By Putting The Future In Debt To Ourselves.

Civilisation Needs More Than The Law To Hold It Together. You See, All Mankind Are Not Equally Willing To Accept As Divine Justice What Is Called Human Law.

I Am An Ordinary Sort Of Fellow, Not Braver Than Other People, But I Hate To See A Good Man Downed, And That Long Knife Would Not Be The End Of Scudder If I Could Play The Game In His Place.

That Is The Supreme Value Of History. The Study Of It Is The Best Guarantee Against Repeating It.