Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

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

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.