To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

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.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.