Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

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

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.