Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

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

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

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