If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

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

The present is never a happy state to any being

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Thereare two sides to every question.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.