Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.