If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea