Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.