There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

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

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'