Middle age is when the best exercise is one of discretion.

You shouldn't punish others for your own choices.

Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to lead anyone anywhere, in the sense of pointing out the direction and setting the pace. They simply follow precedents, obey regulations, and move at the head of the crowd. Such employees lead only in the sense that the curved wooden figurehead leads the ship .

You don't need to take a persons advice to make him feel good, just ask him for it.

Marriage is a good deal like taking a bath-not so hot once you get accustomed to it.

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.

Prejudice is one of the world's greatest labor-saving devices; it enables you to form an opinion without having to dig up the facts.