A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.