It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

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

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.