Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

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

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.