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

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 a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

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

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.