The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

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.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.