Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.