To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

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

The property of power is to protect.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.