Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Our distrust is very expensive.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.