Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.