Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

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

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.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.