The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book.
A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker who starts nowhere, usually gets there.
Talk to anyone about himself positively and he'll listen without interruption.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.