“Panic is highly contagious, especially in situations when nothing is known and everything is in flux.”

“Stability, after all, is only sought in situations of significant flux.”

“The only situation which might justify panic is one in which panic is likely to help. Such a situation never arises. Though pretended panic may sometimes cause a useful diversion, real panic can never be anything other than a waste of energy.”

“All is flux, nothing stays still”

“optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with disproof - an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.”

“Facebook has been spreading across the continents faster than a highly contagious Asian bird flu!”