People loan their trust, they don't give it.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

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