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.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.