An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

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

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.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.