Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.