The basic quality for the diplomat is not intelligence but loyalty.

It is now well known, however, that men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.

It is the busiest man who has time to spare.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

The nice thing about standards is, there are so many to choose from. Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

Parkinson's Law is a purely scientific discovery, inapplicable except in theory to the politics of the day. It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.

When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body.