Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

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

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.