Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

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

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

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.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.