The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

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.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.