The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

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

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

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.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.