Pleasant words are the food of love.

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.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

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

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

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