The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

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.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Example is better than following it.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.