Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

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.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

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

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?