The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

God pours out love upon all with a lavish hand -- but He reserves vengeance for His very own.

I don't believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can't learn in Berlin except the German language.

As to the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out.