You know who was a hero? Franklin Roosevelt.

In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in his cosmic loneliness. And God said, "Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what We have done." And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close to mud as man sat, looked around, and spoke. "What is the purpose of all this?" he asked politely. "Everything must have a purpose?" asked God. "Certainly," said man. "Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this," said God. And He went away.

We are never as modern, as far ahead of the past as we like to think we are.

Never schedule a board meeting on Wednesday because it kills two weekends.

I thought scientists were going to find out exactly how everything worked, and then make it work better.

History! Read it and weep!

A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.