Genius is a long impatience.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.