In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

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

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

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.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.