Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

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

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.