Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Neversay more than is necessary.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

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

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Stability is not immobility