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

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

To teach isto learn twice.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

People say law but they mean wealth.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Genius is a long impatience.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.