A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.

I have been reading the morning paper. I do it every morning-knowing well that I shall find in it the usual depravities and basenesses and hypocrisies and cruelties that make up civilization, and cause me to put in the rest of the day pleading for the damnation of the human race. I cannot seem to get my prayers answered, yet I do not despair.

If the metrics you are looking at aren't useful in optimizing your strategy - stop looking at them.

The moral sense enables one to perceive morality, and avoid it. The immoral sense enables one to perceive immorality and enjoy it.

If your only tool is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.