No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint

The man who cannot believe his senses, and the man, who cannot believe in anything else, are both insane

When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.

Take the tone of the company you are in.

Microsoft doesn't respect the antitrust laws, and it has amply demonstrated that it can't be trusted. The company has shown its contempt for any court-imposed changes in its conduct. If the government ends the antitrust case by seeking changes in its conduct, but not in its structure, Microsoft can be expected to creatively evade the thrust of such agreements.