Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

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

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

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

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.