True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges