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

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

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

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.