Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

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.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.