I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Necessitynever made a good bargain.