For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.

The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard

For belligerent purposes, the 14th century, like the 20th, commanded a technology more sophisticated than the mental and moral capacity that guided its use.

Belgium, where there occurred one of the rare appearances of the hero in history, was lifted above herself by the uncomplicated conscience of her King and, faced with the choice to acquiesce or resist, took less than three hours to make her decision, knowing it might be mortal.

I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning to the end.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

When people don't have an objective, there's much less dynamic effort, and that makes life a lot less interesting.