If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

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

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.