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

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.