You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Keep things 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

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.