A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Renown and repose do not go together.