Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.