Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

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

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

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

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.