Modesty is the clothing of talent.

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

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.