Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

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

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

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.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.