The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

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