There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.

Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.

Don't say 'the White House wants.' Buildings can't want.

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

The Cold War was a war, and we won it.