Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

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

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.