Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Compromise.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.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.