It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

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.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

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

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.