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

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.