Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

To be preparedis half the victory.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination