Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho