Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

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

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.