Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Patience is the art of hoping.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

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.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.