It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

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

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

The present is never a happy state to any being

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.