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 .

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

When you see yourself quoted in print and you’re sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

A rut is a grave with the ends knocked out.