Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Nevercut what you can untie.

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

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

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

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.