If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Renown and repose do not go together.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

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

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.