Some of the biggest bores I've ever known are men who have been highly successful in business, particularly self-made heads of big companies. Before the first olive has settled into the first martini, they pour the stories of their lives into the nearest and sometimes the remotest ears capturable.... These men have indeed paid the price of success. To rise to the top of a big company often takes a totality of effort, concentration and dedication. Others, too, have to pay part of the price. Wife and children are out of mind even when in sight.

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

After the fact, our hearts always go out to the fallen Goliaths. Yet we invariably root for their Davids. Until they're winners.

People who say that money isn't the most important thing in the world are usually broke.

It's a very short trip. While alive, live.

To measure the man, measure his heart.

Give naught, get same. Give much, get same.