Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.

Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . . A cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement. For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going.

It (the dash ) is a comfortable punctuation mark since even the most rigorous critic can seldom claim that any particular example of it is a misuse. Its overuse is its greatest danger, and the writer who can't resist dashes may be suspected of uncoordinated thinking.

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity.

Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.

For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going.

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.