Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

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

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.