The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.