The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

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.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

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.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.