It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.