If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.