Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

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.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Power comes from sincere service

Nostrength within, no respect without.

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