Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

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.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.