Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

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

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

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.