If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

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

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges