Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

A room without books is a body without soul

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Use softwords and hard arguments.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.