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

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

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.