"Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things."

"Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway."

"The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it."

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today."

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity."

"The simplest truths often reveal that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"I supported my friend Congressman Shuler over former Speaker Nancy Pelosi during our party's leadership elections in November citing a need for new leadership."

"Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy."