Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.