To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

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

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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