Much learning does not teach understanding.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Our errors are steps on the way.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

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.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it