It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

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.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.