Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

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

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.