Books are the carriers of civilization... Books are humanity in print.

Theology being the work of males, original sin was traced to the female.

The conduct of war was so much more interesting than its prevention.

Fateful moments tend to evoke grandeur of speech, especially in French.

If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.

Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all the passions." Because it can only be satisfied by power over others, government is its favorite field of exercise. Business offers a kind of power, but only to the very successful at the top, and without the dominion and titles and red carpets and motorcycle escorts of public office.

The story and study of the past, both recent and distant, will not reveal the future, but it flashes beacon lights along the way and it is a useful nostrum against despair.