Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho