A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

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

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

No strength within, no respect without.