I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

As a final incentive before giving up a

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.