Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

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

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination