To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

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.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.