Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.