Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

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.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.