If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

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

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

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

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.