The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

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

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.