There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

No society ever seems to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace.

If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows (referring to "trickle down" economics).

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

The individual serves the planning system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it far more by consuming its products.