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

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.