We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

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.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

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.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.