A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.

A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable read more

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Good men prefer to be accountable.

Good men prefer to be accountable.

It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more

It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.