Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

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

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

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

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

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

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.