There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

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

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.