Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

A room without books is a body without soul

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

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

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.