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.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.