When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Toevery answer you can find a new question.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.