To exaggrerate is to weaken.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

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.