Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

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

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.