In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

A room without books is a body without soul

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

God made time, but man made haste.