All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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