A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

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.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.