Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Nevercut what you can untie.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

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

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.