To beprepared is half the victory.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.