No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

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

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.