One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

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.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.