Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Ability is poor men's wealth

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.