One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

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

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.