Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.
“A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm.”
“In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor.”