Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

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

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

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

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.