Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

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

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was