Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.