First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.