Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

They know enough who know how to learn.

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

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

To teach isto learn twice.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out