More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
The first draught serveth for health the second for pleasure the third for shame and the fourth for madness.
I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do the draughts are open and my chimney draws and I am happy.
World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man.