No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.