Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

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

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

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

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.