The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.