Nevermistake silence for agreement.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

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

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.