Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

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

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.