But only a fool sails into combat with nature

Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic.

People perish. Books are immortal.

You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.