Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

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

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

A language is like living skin itself.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

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

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.