Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

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.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.