Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

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.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.