When a man meets his mates society begins.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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

Genius is a long impatience.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.