The person who has had a bull by the tail once has learned 60 or 70 times as much as a person who hasn’t.

The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that’s what an army is—a mob; they don’t fight with courage that’s born in them, but with courage that’s borrowed from their mass, and from their officers.

The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.

The primary rule of business success is loyalty to your employer. That's all right as a theory. What is the matter with loyalty to yourself?

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten

The problem with education is school.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.

The public is the only critic whose judgment is worth anything at all.

The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.