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

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

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