If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

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

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

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

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.