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

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.