Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

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.

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

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.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Neversay more than is necessary.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind