Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

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

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Habit: the shackles of the free

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.