The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Suspicion begets suspicion.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

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

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.