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

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

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.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.