It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

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

You can't unscramble an egg.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

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.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.