If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.