Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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

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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.