Never answer a letter while you are angry.

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.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.