Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

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

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

As a final incentive before giving up a

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The comforter's head never aches.