The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.