Parkinson's First Law: Work Expands To Fill

People Of Great Ability Do Not Emerge, As A Rule, From The Happiest Background. So Far As My Own Observation Goes, I Would Conclude That Ability, Although Hereditary, Is Improved By An Early Measure Of Adversity And Improved Again By A Later Measure Of Success.

Expenditure Rises To Meet Income.

Parkinson's Fourth Law: The Number Of People In Any Working Group Tends To Increase Regardless Of The Amount Of Work To Be Done.

Administrators Make Work For Each Other So That They Can Multiply The Number Of Their Subordinates And Enhance Their Prestige.

The Law Of Triviality... Briefly Stated, It Means That The Time Spent On Any Item Of The Agenda Will Be In Inverse Proportion To The Sum Involved.