Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

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

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

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.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Genius is a long impatience.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou