Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.