Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

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

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.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.