There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.

Unteachable from infancy to tomb — There is the first & main characteristic of mankind.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.

Listing your personal milestones is like storing a pocketful of sunshine for a rainy day. Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

The loyalties which center upon number one are enormous. If he trips, he must be sustained. If he make mistakes, they must be covered. If he sleeps, he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good, he must be pole-axed.