A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.