I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.