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

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.