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

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

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

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.