Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

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

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.