Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

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

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.