The first duty of love is to listen.

Keepthings 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

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.