Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.