The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

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

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.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

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.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

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.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.