Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

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

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.