The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

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.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned