Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

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

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.