The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

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

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

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

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

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.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.