Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

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

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.