Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.