Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

All bravery stands upon comparisons.