Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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.

The greatest prayer is patience.

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

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant