Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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.