Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho