You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw.

No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind.

It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment.

A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.

Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live.

One of the chief things which my typical man has to learn is that the mental faculties are capable of a continuous hard activity; they do not tire like an arm or a leg. All they want is change - not rest, except in sleep.