Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

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

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

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.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.