The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

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

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

He understands badly who listens badly.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.