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.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.