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

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.