A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

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

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

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

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.