To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

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

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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