Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

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.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty