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.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.