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

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.