In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.