Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Men are cruel, but man is kind.