You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

The first duty of love is to listen.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.