Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

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

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.