Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.