Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

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.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.