To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.