The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

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.

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

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Our errors are steps on the way.