Habit: the shackles of the free

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

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.

Our errors are steps on the way.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.