Nogarden is without its weeds.

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

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.