Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

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

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.