The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

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.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Well done is better than well said.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.