“Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter”

“Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.”

“Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.”

“Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.”

“Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,” Evie said in a voice of affected mystery. “Really, Mabesie. You might want to reconsider—he is a bit of a killjoy.”

“We must distinguish between military and political power.Political power is a psychological relation between those who exercise it and those over whom it is exercised. It gives the former control over certain actions of the latter through the influence which the former exert over the latter's minds. That influence may be exerted through orders, threats, persuasion, or a combination of any of these.”