Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Only the educated are free.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

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

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.