It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him