Dust is mud with the juice squeezed out

Dust is just a country accent.

Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

Dust is insidious interloping particles of evil that turn a home into a battle zone.

Empire , like expanded gold, exchanges solid strength for feeble splendor.

Empire always tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.

Empire is necessarily always claiming that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort.

The Fad is folly — set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

A Fad is just old heresies repackaged.

A Fad is just a con with better marketing.

A Fad is a folly committed by enough of the right people to confer upon it the badge of status.