Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.

Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.

Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.