"The roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a humble truth that every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."

"It is a profound truth that ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience."

"You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance."

"Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business."

"I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture."

"I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money."