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The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the read more
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content--
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.
Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt,
The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in read more
Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt,
The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in red herrings.
Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around read more
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other read more
There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.