It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

A danger forseen is half avoided.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.