Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to lead anyone anywhere, in the sense of pointing out the direction and setting the pace. They simply follow precedents, obey regulations, and move at the head of the crowd. Such employees lead only in the sense that the curved wooden figurehead leads the ship .

Middle age is when you stop criticizing the older generation and start criticizing the younger one.

It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

There are two sorts of losers - the good loser, and the one who can't act.