Everybody Has To Be Somebody To Somebody

Several Weeks Of Summer Vacation In The Thirties I Spent Working At $15 A Week In The Forbes Office.... I Worked In The Mail Cage, Where Envelopes Were Slit And Subscription Payments Extracted. Dad Used To Come Pounding Down The Office Aisle And Pause Long Enough To Ask, How Much Today? Inevitably The Answer Was Inadequate-except Once. That Day The Controller Said Excitedly, Mr. Forbes, The Ledger Shows A Slight Profit This Month! ... My Father Turned To Him And Said, Young Man, I Don't Give A Damn What Your Books Show. Do We Have Any Money In The Bank?

One Often Reads About The Art Of Conversation-how It's Dying Or What's Needed To Make It Flourish, Or How Rare Good Ones Are. But Wouldn't You Agree That The Infinitely More Valuable Rara Avis [rare Bird] Is A Good Listener.

Meanness Demeans The Demeaner Far More Than The Demeaned.

Looking The Part Helps Get The Chance To Fill It. But If You Fill The Part, It Matters Not If You Look It.

The More Sympathy You Give, The Less You Need.