Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

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

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

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

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

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

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.