For all of us, whether we walk old paths or blaze new trails, friends remain important.
Don't get so involved in the duties of your life and your children that you forget the pleasure. Remember why you had children.
Carelessness with details sinks more careers than anyone will admit.
Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.
Briefcases, like CEOs, should never look new and unused.
A letter is never ill-timed; it never interrupts. Instead it waits for us to find the opportune minute, the quiet moment to savor the message. There is an element of timelessness about letter writing.