It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

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