Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.