Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

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

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

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

Well done is better than well said.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.