I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.