As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

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.

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

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.