No strength within, no respect without.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.