If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) Cicero’s political career was sufficiently distinguished to earn him a place in Western history, but he’s even more famous for his work as a writer and orator. But it wasn’t a […]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
12 posts
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. – James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Do not value money for any more nor any less than its worth; it is a good servant but a bad master. – Alexandre Dumas, fils
On public radio this weekend, a financial industry expert mentioned two places where Lehman and other big-firm staff might end up: (1) in the offices of boutique firms that can get top financial expertise for a lot less money, and (2) in the offices of growing firms that want to […]