Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

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

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

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

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.