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

Every advantage has its tax

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.