Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

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

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

No strength within, no respect without.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

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.