My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The comforter's head never aches.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Faith is continuation of reason.