The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

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

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

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

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,