Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Our errors are steps on the way.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.