Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.