The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

You can't unscramble an egg.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

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.