Pleasant words are the food of love.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.