There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.

To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes.

The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while.

Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way, to send him to the state prison.

Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.