Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

God made time, but man made haste.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.