Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

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 last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.