The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

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

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

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.