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

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Stability is not immobility

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.