Dogs   

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain

Discretion

It doesn't pay to wrestle in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty but he'll enjoy it.

Diplomacy

A diplomat is someone who never forgets a woman's birthday and never remembers her age.

Dilemmas   

When choosing between two evils I always like to take the one I've never tried before. Mae West

Determination

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Despair

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. Confucius

Desire

Nothing satisfies the man who is not satisfied with a little. Epicurus

Desire

Limitation always makes for happiness. Arthur Schopenhauer

Desire

It is far easier to stifle a first desire than to satisfy all the ensuing ones. La Rochefoucauld

Democrats

The Democratic Party symbol should be the rabbit. It moves with great speed in uncertain directions and multiplies rapidly. Herbert Hoover