Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

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.