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

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

You can't unscramble an egg.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.