You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Word of mouth is the best medium of all.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.

The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

So little done, so much to do.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.