Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

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

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.