Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

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